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Ja 931 RES 4859
By kind permission of 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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TEXT
1 Ḫyry w-ʿḏḏm Tḏmry—
2 yhn Ḏmtrn w-Flqt
3 Ks²dyyh(n) Dhrdh w-M—
4 nd(h) (H)ndyyhn s²wʿw
5 mrʾ-s¹m ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ m—
6 lk Ḥḍrmt
| 1-2 | Tḏmʾyhn ḏ-Mtrmn (RES). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḫyry and ʿḏḏm, the two of Tḏmr, 2 Ḏmtrn and Flqt, 3 the two of Ks²d, Dhrdh and M- 4 dh, the two of Hnd, followed 5 their lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ, king 6 of Ḥaḍramawt. |
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 rite in al-ʾUqla is attended by a man from Palmyra, one from Chaldea and one from India.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1963 a: 44-45, pl. Ib | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 108-109, pls LXX, LXXIIIa | 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] |