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UPC 24


Kitchen 2009: 263, fig. 23/6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾlḏrʾ ḏ-Trfm s²ym mws¹ṭ byt-s¹ S²bʿn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlḏrʾ ḏ-Trfm put (this dish), as furniture of his house S²bʿn.
For the translation of mws¹ṭ, see Wādī Ḍuraʾ 1 or LPC 6 A.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Plate
MaterialSilver
Dimensionsh. 3, d. 17.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍuraʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 2009: 245, figs 23/6 (drawing), 28/6 (facsimile)Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2009. A glimpse of the wealth of the Shabwa nobility at the fall of the kingdom of Hadramawt. Pages 243-275 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Fouilles de Shabwa IV. Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 190). Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient.