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Ja 960
Pirenne 1990: 102, fig. 31 (facsimile); pl. LXXVIIIa (photo)
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 ʾs¹dm S¹ʾrn b—
2 n Rbʿt nḥl ʾ—
3 ḥrn s²wʿ mrʾ-
4 s¹ Ydʿʾl
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹dm S¹ʾrn son 2 of Rbʿt, commissioner for the 3 freemen, followed his lord 4 Ydʿʾl. |
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: 52-53, pl. III (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 114, fig. 31 (facsimile), pl. LXXVIIIa | 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] |