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ʿUqayba 3


Pirenne 1990: fig. 16

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Rʾbʿs³t bn ʿmʾns¹ fʿ(l)
   2  h-mrʾ-s¹ Ydʿ[ʾb] Ġyln bn
   3  [S¹m]hyfʿ mlk Ḥ(ḍ)[rmt]

Apparatus
3Hyfʿ (Pirenne), [S¹m]hyfʿ (Bron, Robin).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rʾbʿs³t son of ʿmʾns¹ carried out the work
   2  for his lord Ydʿʾb Ġyln son of
   3  S¹mhyfʿ king of Ḥaḍramawt.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteʿUqayba
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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CULTURAL NOTES

The king Ydʿʾb Ġyln is probably the same king mentioned in the Qatabanic inscription Arbach-Sayūn 1, which relates a was between Ḥaḍramawt and Qatabān to be dated at the end of the 2nd c. - beginning of the 1st c. BC (see Prioletta).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1990: 53, fig. 16 (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: 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.
Prioletta 2006: 260, fig. 4Prioletta, Alessia 2006. Note di epigrafia Hadramawtica 1. L'alternanza di ṯ e s³. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 29: 249-267.