LPC 6 B
Kitchen 1998: 154, fig. 8
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| "Text B is added in small characters, and is not part of the main decoration of the bowl. It is unclear whether this is an addition by later owners, or by craftsmen (as a signature)" (Kitchen). There is no photo available for this object, therefore it is not known where this second inscription was written. |
TEXT
1 s¹ʿl w-nkb
2 ʾbkrb Ḥw
| The word ḥw is interpreted as a common noun (Kitchen and Bron). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb Ḥw (?) 2 made and shaped (the object). |
| 1-2 | Saʿūl and Nakab, Abkarib, servants/clansmen" (Kitchen); "A exécuté et façonné au repoussé Abūkarib ..." (Bron); "ḥw reste énigmatique" (Bron). Bron compares the words s¹ʿl and nkb to Geʿez saʿala "former, dessiner" and nakaba "courber, fléchir" respectively. |
| Kitchen 1998: 155 | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1998. Three unusual Sabaean inscriptions in bronze. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 28: 149-157. |
| Bron 1999 c: 202-203 | Bron, François 1999. Une inscription ḥaḍramawtique sur un bol en argent, LPC 6. Semitica, 49: 202-203. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Bowl (ṣḥl) |
| Material | Silver |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 1998: 154-155 (facsimile) | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1998. Three unusual Sabaean inscriptions in bronze. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 28: 149-157. |
| Bron 1999 c: 202 | Bron, François 1999. Une inscription ḥaḍramawtique sur un bol en argent, LPC 6. Semitica, 49: 202-203. |
| Kitchen 2009: 243-244, fig. 28/2 (facsimile) | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2009. A glimpse of the wealth of the Shabwa nobility at the fall of the kingdom of Hadramawt. Pages 243-275 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient. |