CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 123


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 106a-b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʿ(ḏḏ)ʾl bn ʾṣdq ↯ s¹qny ḏt
   2  [Ḥm](ym) (ḏt) (N)ʿ(m)↯(n) ms³<n>d(h)n
   3  [... ...](s³) m[.]k—
   4  [... ...]

Apparatus
2Frantsouzoff reads ḏt-ʾs³ʿm, as a new epithet of the goddess.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 766+767
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25, w. 38
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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
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 170-171, pl. 106a-bFrantsouzoff, 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]