CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer 1995: 120, fig. 4
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

On account of the verb hqny the text might be of period A.

TEXT


   1  Ms²hrm bn Yrbḥ—
   2  ʾl hqny ḏt-Ṣhr—
   2  n

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ms²hrm son of Yrbḥ-
   2  ʾl dedicated to ḏt-Ṣhr-
   3  n.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer 1995: 120, fig. 4Bauer, 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.