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Ba al-ʿUqla 1
Pirenne 1990: 98, fig. 30 (facsimile). Photo by K. Noman
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | al-ʿUqla texts | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Ydʿʾl Byn mlk Ḥḍrmt |
2 bn Rʾbʾl s¹yr ʾd
3 gndln Mrwḥ h-s¹lqb
| 3 | gndl Mrwḥ-h-s¹lqb (Pirenne's facsimile). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydʿʾl Byn, king of Ḥaḍramawt, 2 son of Rʾbʾl, went to 3 the fortress of Mrwḥ, in order to give titles. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUqla |
| Ancient site | ʾnwdm |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1967: fig. 7 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1967. Āṯār wa-nuqūš al-ʿUqla. al-Qāhira: Laǧna al-Tallīf wa-l-Tarǧama wa-l-Našr. |
| Pirenne 1990: 97-100, fig. 30 | 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] |