UPC 22
Kitchen 2009: 264, fig. 23/7
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 Lmn ḏ-Ḥbm bn Ṣlḥm s²ym b-rdʾ mrʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾb mlk Ḥḍrmt bn Ydʿʾl mlk Ḥḍrmt mws¹ṭ byt-s¹ Ygl
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lmn ḏ-Ḥbm son of Ṣlḥm put (this bowl), by the help of his lord Ydʿʾb, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of Ydʿʾl, king of Ḥaḍramawt, as furniture of his house Ygl. |
| For the translation of mws¹ṭ, see Wādī Ḍuraʾ 1 or LPC 6 A. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Bowl |
| Material | Silver |
| Measures | h. 6.5, d. 17.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 2009: 245, figs 23/7 (drawing), 29/7 (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. |