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Wādī Ḍuraʾ 5 ATM 298


Breton 1993

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 (the ladle), as furniture of his palace S²bʿn.
For the translation of mws¹ṭ, see Wādī Ḍuraʾ 1 or LPC 6 A.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 298
Support typeArtefact » Container » Ladle
MaterialSilver
Dimensionsh. 16.3, d. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍuraʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 24, pls 11/26-27, 24/67-69Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1993: 72Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Les inscriptions sur les objets. Pages 71-75 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Simpson 2002: 206, cat. 305Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
Jändl 2009: 195Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.