Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
2 | The letter t of the verb qtdm is written on a previous d. |
English | |
1 Rḍwn Yhnʿm son of Whbʾl [....] 2 directed for his lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ king of 3 Ḥaḍramawt, son of Ydʿʾl, (the construction of) the temple of ḏt Ẓhrn. |
Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1952.533 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 21, w. 48 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shabwa |
Ancient site | S²bwt |
Geographical area | Shabwa |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ẓhrn |
Link to site record |
Brown and Beeston 1954: 55-56, pl. XVIII/2 | Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62. |
Pirenne 1990: 69, pl. LIII/a | 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] |
Avanzini 2008 a: fig. 17 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Notes for a history of Sumhuram and a new inscription of Yashhurʾil. Pages 609-641 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). A port in Arabia between Rome and the Indian Ocean (3rd C. BC-5th C. AD). Khor Rori Report 2. (Arabia Antica, 5). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |
Prioletta 2013 b: 95, 99, fig. 4 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Remarks on some processes of assimilation and innovation in the language and culture of Ḥaḍramawt during its ancient history. Aula Orientalis, 31/1: 93-108. |