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Shabwa Shaʿab al-Layl


Pirenne 1990: 49-50, fig. 16

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾ[.]yfʿ Ḏbyn bn |
   2  ʿmḏḫr mlk Ḥḍrmt
   3  nql mʿrb h-mbny [..]bt
   4  byt-s¹ S²bʿn [...]mr |
   5  b-s¹m w-bn-s¹ |

Apparatus
1ʾ[b]yfʿ (Pirenne), ʾ[l]yfʿ (Bron), ʾ[b]yṯʿ (Robin);
5Pirenne's transcription at p. 49: Bs¹m Wḏd.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾ[.]yfʿ Ḏbyn son of
   2  ʿmḏḫr king of Ḥaḍramawt
   3  excavated the stone for the construction of [..]bt
   4  his palace S²bʿn [...]
   5  ... ...

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-Layl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1990: 49-50, fig. 15 (facsimile)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]
Bron 1991 a: 460Bron, François 1991. Notes sur les inscriptions de Shabwa. Syria, 68: 459-462.
Robin 1992 b: 209, 210Robin, Christian J. 1992. Review of 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]. Bulletin critique des Annales Islamologiques, 9: 205-213.