Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
4 | Frantsouzoff integrates w-s³mr[m]. |
English | |
1 Ys²krʾl son of Mhfs²ḥm 2 dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscrip- 3 tion, and he offered it with a second 4 sacrifice and (he dedicated) the statue and the crops which he had promised 5 S¹yn [... ...] 6 in order to have a son, and he earned 7 the good-will of S¹yn in order to get His help; and 8 Ys²krʾl placed under the will of S¹y- 9 n his life, his faculties, his properties 10 and his two sons ʾnwym and ʾ- 11 qhlm, and S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn rewarded 12 them with His reward which is favourable. |
English | |
1 Yashkurʾil, son of Muhafshiḥum, 2 dedicated to Sīn dhū Mayfʿān the in- 3 scription, and offered it as another sacrifice, 4 and a statue and crops which he promi- 5 sed to Sīn ... 6 so that he should have children [lit. children should be for him]. And he earned 7 the goodwill of Sīn in order to seek help from Him. And Yashkurʾil pla- 8 ced under the will of Sīn 9 his soul and his will and his possessions 10 and h[i]s two sons Anwayum and 11 Aqhalum and Sīn dhū Mayfʿān was reconciled with them 12 by his reconciliation which may be favourable. |
Frantsouzoff 2001 a | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |
Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Raybūn |
Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn |
Link to site record |
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 63-64, figs 2a, 2b | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |