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Ja 921 RES 4910


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyal-ʿUqla texts
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ mlk Ḥ—
   2  ḍrmt bn ʿmḏḫr s¹y—
   3  r ʾd gndln ʾnwdm h-
   4  s¹lqb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾIlʿaḏḏ Yaluṭ, king of Ḥa-
   2  ḍramawt, son of ʿAmmḏaḫar, went
   3  to the fortress ʾAnwadum in order
   4  to give titles.
Jamme 1963 aJamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press.

French

   1  ʾIlʿaḏ Yaluṭ, roi de Ḥa-
   2  ḍramout, fils de ʿAmḏaḫar vint
   3  à l'aire pierreuse ʾAnwadum pour
   4  l'incantation de noms.
Pirenne 1990Pirenne, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿUqla
Ancient siteʾnwdm
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1963 a: 39, pl. IbJamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press.
Bāfaqīh 1967: 61, fig. 5Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1967. Āṯār wa-nuqūš al-ʿUqla. al-Qāhira: Laǧna al-Tallīf wa-l-Tarǧama wa-l-Našr.
Pirenne 1990: 106, pl. LXXPirenne, 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]