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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 ʾlrym Ydm mlk Ḥḍrmt
2 bn Ydʿʾl Byn mlk Ḥḍ—
3 rmt mtll w-ṣll b-mḥfd—
4 hn ʾnwdm h-s¹lqb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾIlriyam Yadum, king of Ḥaḍramawt, 2 son of Yadaʿʾil Bayyin, king of Ḥaḍra- 3 mawt, has sojourned day and night in the tower 4 ʾAnwadum 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. |
| French | |
1 ʾIlriyam Yadum, roi de Ḥaḍramout, 2 fils de Yadaʿʾil Bayyin, roi de Ḥa- 3 ḍramout, a accompli le riteet exalté (la divinité) au maḥfad 4 ʾAnwadum par l'incantation de noms. |
| 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: 58, pl. Ic | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Pirenne 1990: 118, pl. LXXIX | 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] |