Shabwa S/77/Mahdi
Catalogue 2000: 327, cat.183
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Rfʾn bn S²fs¹y w-Yʿl[.] (b)n (ʾ)ġwṯm w-Nmrm w-ʾls²rḥ w-Mrṯd(m)
2 w-Mlkn bnhy Rfʾ[n b]rʾ(w) w-s¹tqḥ (b)yt-s¹m Yfd b-rdʾ mrʾ-s¹m
3 S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-b rdʾ w-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹m ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrmt
4 bn ʿmḏḫr Wd-ʾb fʿl w-nkl Ḍġrt bn Mkydm bn ḥwr hgrn S²bwt
| 1 | S²qsy (Pirenne), S²qfs¹y (Robin). |
| 2 | s¹tfḥ (Pirenne). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rfʾn son of S²fs¹y and Yʿl[.] son of ʾġwṯm, and Nmrm, ʾls²rḥ, Mrṯdm 2 and Mlkn sons of Rfʾn constructed and completed their palace Yfd, by the grace of their Lord 3 S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, and by the grace and under the orders of their lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt, 4 son of ʿmḏḫr. Wḏ-ʾb, Ḍġrt son of Mkydm, inhabitant of Shabwa, made and executed the work in stone. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | al-Mukallā, Museum, MM 352 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 111, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1978: 133, pl. XIIb | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1978. Ce que trois campagnes de fouilles nous ont déjà appris sur Shabwa capitale du Ḥaḍramout antique. Raydān, 1: 125-142. |
| Pirenne 1990: 72, pl. LVa | 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] |
| Robin 1992 b: 210 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Review of 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]. Bulletin critique des Annales Islamologiques, 9: 205-213. |
| Catalogue 2000: 328, cat. 183 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |