CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pls 14, 15

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10

TEXT


   1  [... ... b](n) Yhḏb

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 39, w. 41
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
NotesBuilding 2: block reemployed in the pavement, northern space of the main room, near the inscribed bench.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 83-84, pls 14, 15Frantsouzoff, 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]