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Ja 923 RES 4909
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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 |
TEXT
1 Ydm bn Rṭbm w-Mrṯdm bn S²ʿbn—
2 yw Ḥmyryyhn s²wʿw mrʾ-s¹myn ʾlʿḏ Yl—
3 ṭ mlk Ḥḍrmt bn ʿmḏḫr mt s¹yr ʾd g—
4 ndlhn ʾnwdm h-mtll w-h-lqb mt s¹—
5 lḥ-s¹myn mrʾ-s¹myn Ṯʾrn Yʿb Yhnʿm
6 mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn (tq)blm h-s²yʿ ʾ—
7 ḫ-s¹
| 1 | Before Rṭbm in Wādī Ḍuraʾ 46, 1 and in Wādī Ḍuraʾ 47, 1 there is ḏ. |
| 2-3 | S²ʿbnṯw (RES). |
| 6 | t(n)blm (Bāfaqīh et alii). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yadum, son of Raṭbum, and Marṯadum, son of Šaʿabna- 2 yū, the two Ḥimyarites, have accompanied their lord ʾIlʿaḏḏ Yaluṭ, 3 king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of ʿAmmḏaḫar, when he went to the 4 fortress ʾAnwadum in order to sojourn and give titles, when 5 delegated them both their lord Ṯaʾrān Yaʿūb Yuhanʿim, 6 king of Sabaʾ and Raydān, to go south [and] to take care of the [Ḥimyarite] train for his 7 ally. |
| Jamme 1963 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| French | |
1 Yadum, fils de Raṭbum, et Marṯadum, fils de Šaʿabna- 2 yū, les deux Ḥimyarites, ont accompagné leur seigneur ʾIlʿaḏ Yaluṭ, 3 roi de Ḥaḍramout, fils de ʿAmḏaḫar, quand il est allé à 4 l'aire pierreuse ʾAnwadum pour accomplir le rite et l'incantation, quand 5 ils furent délégués tous deux par leur seigneur Ṯaʾrān Yaʿub Yuhanʿim, 6 roi de Sabaʾ et ḏū-Raydan pour se joindre à lui et accompagner 7 son allié. |
| Pirenne 1990 | 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] |
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 from Ḥimyar, the king of Ḥimyar delegated them to attend the rite in al-ʾUqla.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1963 a: 40-41, pl. Ib | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Bāfaqīh et al. 1985: 327-328 | 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: 106-107, pl. LXX | 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] |