CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 130-131, pl.105

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]bynhn bḥ[... ...]
   2  [... ...]ḥhn w-wḍ(ʾ)[... ...]

Apparatus
1The noun at the beginning seems to be a nisbe determinate dual.
Frantsouzoff restores: bḥ[htm].
2[ḏb]ḥhn "victime sacrificielle" (Frantsouzoff); wḍʾ as a variant of the well-known tḍʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 346
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 of ʿṯtrm ḏt Ḥḍrn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 130-131, pl. 101Frantsouzoff, 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]