UPC 37
Kitchen 2009: 264, fig. 25/8
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
| In the drawing the text seems in two lines, but Kitchen quotes just a line of text. |
TEXT
1 ʿḥlm bnt ʾls²rḥ Yls³
| It is not sure that Yls³ was a proper name. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Cup |
| Material | Silver |
| Measures | h. 6.9, d. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | Probably from wādī Ḍuraʾ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 2009: 246, figs 25/8 (drawing), 29/8 (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. |