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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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| Textual typology | al-ʿUqla texts | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Rbs²ms¹ bn Ydʿʾl Byn
2 mlk Ḥḍrmt mtll (ʿm ʾ)—
3 (ḫ)-s¹ ʾlrym Ydm mlk Ḥ(ḍr)—
4 mt bn Ydʿʾl Byn mlk Ḥ—
5 ḍrmt h-s¹lqb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rabbšams, son of Yadaʿʾil Bayyin, 2 king of Ḥaḍramwt, has sojourned with his 3 brother, ʾIlryam Yadum, king of Ḥaḍra- 4 mawt, son of Yadaʿʾil Bayyin, king of Ḥa- 5 ḍramwt, in order to give titles. |
| Jamme 1963 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| English | |
1 Rabšams, fils de Yadaʿʾil Bayyin, 2 roi de Ḥaḍramout, a accompli le rite avec son 3 frère ʾIlryam Yadum, roi de Ḥaḍra- 4 mout, par l'incantation de noms. (sic, on four lines) |
| 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: 57-58, pls Ic, IIb | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 118, pls LXXIX, LXXXI | 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] |