CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 109


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 95

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersabout 6
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]
   2  | s¹qny [... ...]—
   3  ṯb-s¹

Apparatus
1-2Fransouzoff integrates w]ṯb-s¹ and translates "et sa repentance (son offrande ?)"; the integration ʿ]ṯb, also suggested by Multhoff, seems to him less probable.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 1444
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 23.8, w. 16.2, th. 4
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 158-159, pl. 95Frantsouzoff, 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]
Multhoff 2010 c: 15, fn. 19Multhoff, Anne 2010. Phalluskult und Bilderverbot? Beiträge zur ḥaḍramitischen Sprache und Kultur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 160/1: 7-40.