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Ja 944 RES 4871
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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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TEXT
1 Tymm ʾwk(n) bn (Mlk)m w-
2 Mlkm w-ʿḏḏʾl ḏy-ʾlryb
3 Ms²kmm bn Tymm s²wʿw (m)—
4 (rʾ)-s¹m Ydʿʾl ml[k Ḥ]ḍr—
5 mt bn Rbs²m[s¹]
| 1 | Mbkm (Jamme). |
| 2 | ʾlrtm wrongly written instead of ʾlrṯm (Pirenne). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Tymm ʾwkn son of Mbkm and 2 Mlkm and ʿḏḏʾl ḏy ʾlryb, 3 and Ms²kmm son of Tymm followed 4 their lord Ydʿʾl, king of Ḥaḍra- 5 mawt, son of Rbs²ms¹ . |
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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1963 a: 48, pl. III (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 113, pl. LXXVIa-b | 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] |