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Ja 957 RES 4878
Jamme 1963 a: pl.IV
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The main verb is mtll, typical of the al-ʿUqla texts, but within a more complex textual typology. |
TEXT
1 ʿmrm bn ʿwfm ʾs¹dy—
2 hn mtll ʿm ḫtn-s¹ Ydʿʾl
3 Byn mlk Ḥḍrmt bn Rbs²ms¹
4 [... ...] mḥ(fdn) ʾnwdm b-
5 Yrs¹m
| 1 | RES reads ʿs²rm. |
| 4 | at the beginning of l. 4: [w-z]wd (RES). |
| 4-5 | ḍyrs¹ (RES). Müller, Walter W. 1964, 380 translates "und er versorgte hin in der Feste ʾnwdm durch Yrs¹m". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿAmrum, son of ʿAwfum, the ʾAsadite, 2 has sojourned with his son-in-law, Yadaʿʾil 3 Bayyin, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of Rabbšams, 4 (and) he (fu)rnished for him the fortress ʾAnwadum with 5 fresh provisions. |
| Jamme 1963 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| French | |
1 ʿAmrum, fils de ʿAwfum, le ʾAsadite, 2 a accompli le rite avec son genre Yadaʿʾil 3 Bayyin, roi de Ḥaḍramout, fils de Rabbšams, 4 et a approvisionné le maḥfad ʾAnwadum 5 en eau neuve. |
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1963 a: 51, pl. IV | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 112, pl. LXXV | 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] |