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Ja 925 RES 4908


Pirenne 1990: pls. LXX, LXXI

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

TEXT

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   1  S²hrm bn Wʾlm
   2  Qryt bn Ḏmrm ʾbfʾl
   3  bn ʾlqṯm Whbʾl bn Hkḥ—
   4  d s²wʿw mrʾ-s¹m ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ
   5  mlk Ḥḍrmt bn ʿmḏḫr mt
   6  s¹yr ʾd gndlhn ʾnwdm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²hrm son of Wʾlm
   2  Qryt son of Ḏmrm, ʾbfʾl
   3  son of ʾlqṯm, Whbʾl son of Hkḥ-
   4  d, followed their lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ,
   5  king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of ʿmḏḫr, when
   6  he went to the fortress ʾnwdm.

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: 42, pl. IbJamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press.
Pirenne 1990: 108, pls LXX, LXXIPirenne, 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]