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RES 4693 Ry 164
Pirenne 1990: 69-70, pl. LIIIb
Pirenne 1990: 69-70, pl. LIIIb
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... ][W]hb(ʾl) [bn] Frys²m
2 [... ... ](ʾ)lʿz mlk Ḥḍr—
3 [mt ... ... ʾlʿ]z Yl(ṭ)( ml)k Ḥ—
4 [ḍrmt ... ... mḥ]rmhn (ʾlm) ṣr—
5 [... ...] [... ...]w-(ḥ)[..]
| 1 | Hbs¹l Qrys²m (RES); w-Whbʾl w-Frys²m (Jamme); [W]hbʾ[l bn ]Krys²m[ ... ...] (Pirenne). |
| 2-3 | mlk Ḥḍrmt w-bn-s¹ ʾlʿz Ylṭ (Jamme). |
| 4 | mḥrmhn (ṣ)lm ṣr[fhn ... ...] (RES), [ʾd m]ḥrmhn ʾlm ṣr[f ... ...] (Jamme). |
| 5 | ...]ʾ[w]t [..] wḥ.[.... |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125683=1937,0507.2 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18, w. 24, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 247 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268. |
| Pirenne 1990: 69-70, pl. LIIIb | 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] |