Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 153
Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 135
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](m)ʾl s¹q(ny) ḏt
2 [Ḥmym] bḥtnyw
| 1 | probably: ... ... Hʿs¹]mʾl, on the basis of Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 156 (Frantsouzoff). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]mʾl dedicated to ḏt 2 Ḥmym two covering slabs. |
| 2 | For the translation of bḥt, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17, w. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2007: 195-196, pl. 135 | 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] |