Raybūn-Ḥaḍrān 213
Catalogue 2000: 348, cat. 240
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 (ʾbrs²)d (b)n(t) (S²)ʿrwd s¹—
2 qnyt ʿs³trm ḏt Ḥḍr(n)
3 | ms³ndhn ḏ-rḍwt ʿs³trm
4 | ʿlh-n ʾbrs²d ʿlhy mr—
5 ḍ ʿyn-s³yw w-tnwʿ-s³ ʿs³—
6 (t)rm b-ḏt nṣft ʿ(ḏ)[....]
7 [...](ʾ)qml k-ḍ(ʾ)[... ...]
8 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbrs²d daughter of S²ʿrwd 2 dedicated to ʿs³trm ḏt Ḥḍrn 3 the inscription, by which ʿs³trm was pleased 4 by ʾbrs²d, with respect to the sickness 5 of her eyes; and ʿs³trm has petitioned her 6 for what she was ordered (?) [....] 7 [...] ʾqml k-ḍʾ[... ...] 8 [... ...] |
| 3-5 | On the translation of the rḍw formula, see Prioletta. Frantsouzoff translates "l'inscription que ʿAśtarum a agrée au bénéfice d'Abīrashad". |
| 5-6 | "A cause de la maladie de ses deux yeux de sorte que ʿAśtarum lui a demandé ce qu'elle (Abīrashad) a executé comme rites prescrits ..." (Frantsouzoff). "Wegen der Krankheit ihrer beiden Augen, und ʿs³trm wird sich ihn zuneigen dafür, daß ..." (Multhoff). |
| Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 188-189 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Raybūn, Ḥadrān, temple de la déesse ʿAthtarum/ʿAstarum. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 5. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Multhoff 2010 c: 32-33 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. Phalluskult und Bilderverbot? Beiträge zur ḥaḍramitischen Sprache und Kultur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 160/1: 7-40. |
| Prioletta 2014 b: 103-104 | Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Towards a Ḥaḍramitic lexicon: lexical notes on terms relating to the formulary and rituals in expiatory inscriptions. Pages 101-110 in Orhan Elmaz and Janet C. E. Watson (eds). Languages of Southern Arabia. Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013.. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. (Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum, 300 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 36.5, th. 7.5 |
| 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 ʿṯtrm ḏt Ḥḍrn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription proves that ʿṯtrm is a goddess.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer 1995: 115-116, fig. 2 | Bauer, Gleb M. 1995. Epigrafika Raybūna. (Raybun Epigraphy). Pages 112-152 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN. |
| Frantsouzoff 1995: 18, 24, pl. II | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1995. The Inscriptions from the temples of Dhat Ḥimyam at Raybūn. With a Postscript by Alfred F.L. Beeston. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 15-28. |
| Catalogue 2000: 348, cat. 240 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 187-189, pl. 204 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Raybūn, Ḥadrān, temple de la déesse ʿAthtarum/ʿAstarum. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 5. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |