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Shabwa S/77/Mahdi


Catalogue 2000: 327, cat.183

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Rfʾn bn S²fs¹y w-Yʿl[.] (b)n (ʾ)ġwṯm w-Nmrm w-ʾls²rḥ w-Mrṯd(m)
   2  w-Mlkn bnhy Rfʾ[n b]rʾ(w) w-s¹tqḥ (b)yt-s¹m Yfd b-rdʾ mrʾ-s¹m
   3  S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-b rdʾ w-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹m ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrmt
   4  bn ʿmḏḫr Wd-ʾb fʿl w-nkl Ḍġrt bn Mkydm bn ḥwr hgrn S²bwt

Apparatus
1S²qsy (Pirenne), S²qfs¹y (Robin).
2s¹tfḥ (Pirenne).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rfʾn son of S²fs¹y and Yʿl[.] son of ʾġwṯm, and Nmrm, ʾls²rḥ, Mrṯdm
   2  and Mlkn sons of Rfʾn constructed and completed their palace Yfd, by the grace of their Lord
   3  S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, and by the grace and under the orders of their lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt,
   4  son of ʿmḏḫr. Wḏ-ʾb, Ḍġrt son of Mkydm, inhabitant of Shabwa, made and executed the work in stone.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Deposital-Mukallā, Museum, MM 352
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 111, th. 20
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1978: 133, pl. XIIbPirenne, Jacqueline 1978. Ce que trois campagnes de fouilles nous ont déjà appris sur Shabwa capitale du Ḥaḍramout antique. Raydān, 1: 125-142.
Pirenne 1990: 72, pl. LVaPirenne, 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]
Robin 1992 b: 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.
Catalogue 2000: 328, cat. 1832000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira.