UPC 16
Kitchen 2009: 273, fig. 31-No 20
- Kitchen 2009: 273, fig. 31-No 20
- Kitchen 2009: 261, fig. 17/20; 268, fig. 27/20 (drawing)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Ṣlḥm bn Ḥwkn s²ym mws¹ṭ byt-s¹
| Ṣlḥm is most probably the father of Lmn, author of UPC 13, 14, 15, 22. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣlḥm son of Ḥwkn put (this strainer), as furniture of his house. |
| For the translation of mws¹ṭ, see Wādī Ḍuraʾ 1 or LPC 6 A. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Strainer |
| Material | Silver |
| Measures | h. 3.7, d. 8.1 |
| 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 2009: 249, figs 17, 27/20 (drawing), 31/20 (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. |