Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | al-ʿUqla texts | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
3 | gndl Mrwḥ-h-s¹lqb (Pirenne's facsimile). |
English | |
1 Ydʿʾl Byn, king of Ḥaḍramawt, 2 son of Rʾbʾl, went to 3 the fortress of Mrwḥ, in order to give titles. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-ʿUqla |
Ancient site | ʾnwdm |
Geographical area | Shabwa |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Bāfaqīh 1967: fig. 7 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1967. Āṯār wa-nuqūš al-ʿUqla. al-Qāhira: Laǧna al-Tallīf wa-l-Tarǧama wa-l-Našr. |
Pirenne 1990: 97-100, fig. 30 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |