DASI ID: ID: 6745

Bāsalāmah 1990: 151, fig. 52 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] Kbdm his servants, the family S¹ḫymm, and the priests and those who have authority (?) on crops and offerings (?) [... ...] 2[... ...] and may not be claimed from those priests and Ḫawlān (anything) from all the crops and offerings (?) [... ...] 3[... ...] gold, silver, iron and bronze that ... and the profit, may it be [... ...] 4[... ...] profit on this, in the month of ʾẓlmn, and if it is not paid interest (or: made profit) in that month ...[... ...] 5[... ...] for a year after this month, and if it is not paid or not paid interest for the whole year [... ...] 6[... ...] the crops they will establish [... ...]
Translation Notes:
1The translation "offering" for ʾtwt is suggested by Bauer and Lundin (see CIH 461, 4-5). As we have already noted the reading is not sure.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 22, w. 75. Bauer and Lundin: h. 27, w. 97, th. 21
Letter Measure: 3.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Bāsh 10
Spatial
Site: Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bmm
Type of Site: Settlement
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