Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 174
Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 15
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 11 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... s¹q](n)y ḏt Ḥmy[m ... ...]
| The verb hqny is also possible. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn |
| Notes | Building 2: block reemployed in the pavement, northern part of the main room. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2007: 213-214, pls 4, 10, 15 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2007. Raybūn. Kafas Naʿmān, temple de la déesse dhāt-Ḥimyam. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Avec une contribution archéologique de Alexander V. Sedov and Jurij A. Vinogradov. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 6. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |