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CIH 8
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The cult of Qynn ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm is mainly attested in the site of Shibām al-Ġirās, from where this inscription may thus come (Robin 1982 a: 58). In CIH's plate the stone appears inserted in the wall of the Ṭalḥa mosque in Ṣanʿāʾ. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIH 8 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |