Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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2 | [ḏ]-S³wbn (Jamme). |
English | |
1 Stela of Yhwḍʿ Ḫyfn, which 2 erected S³wbn Yrḥb son of 3 Rfs¹y, for the safety of his lord Ydʿʾb, 4 king of Ḥaḍramawt, ibn Ġyln. |
Deposit | Unknown, M 508 |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Gate |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 24, w. 40, th. 8, about |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
Country | Oman |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City gate |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1979: 99, pl. k | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205328#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Albright 1982: 45, 87, pl. 37, fig. 69 | Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller. |
Avanzini 2002: 137, fig. 12 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2002. The construction inscriptions on the gate complex. Pages 125-140 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). Khor Rori Report 1. (Arabia Antica, 1). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |