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Ja 919 RES 4862
Pirenne 1990: 109, pl. LXXII
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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TEXT
1 Rbbʾṯt Nḍrt Ṣdq—
2 t ʾḫtm Dlyt Ḥytn
3 Nʿms²ʿr (S¹w)dt ʾbwdd
4 Tfṣy Mlḥ(mt) ʾbṣdq Ḥ—
5 ṣynʿm Qrs²htn s²yʿn m—
6 rʾ-s¹n ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍ—
7 rmt bn ʿmḏ(ḫr)
| 3 | Nʿm S²ʿr (Jamme, Bāfaqīh et al.). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbbʾṯt, Nḍrt, Ṣdq- 2 t, ʾḫtm, Dlyt, Ḥytn, 3 Nʿms²ʿr, S¹wdt, ʾbwdd, 4 Tfṣy, Mlḥmt, ʾbṣdq, Ḥ- 5 ṣynʿm, of the tribe Qrs², followed their 6 lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ king of Ḥaḍra- 7 mawt son of ʿmḏḫr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUqla |
| Ancient site | ʾnwdm |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The dedicants are women of the tribe Qurayš.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1963 a: 37-39, pl. Ia | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Bāfaqīh et al. 1985: 325-326 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA., Beeston, Alfred F.L., Robin, Christian J. and al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1985. Muḫtārāt min al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Tūnis: al-Munaẓẓama al-ʿArabiyya li-l-Tarbiya wa-l-Ṯaqāfa wa-l-ʿUlūm, Idāra al-Ṯaqāfa. |
| Pirenne 1990: 109, pl. LXXII | 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] |