Rb I/84 no. 253a-e Raybūn 3
- Bersina 1988: fig. 19
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ṯmkhmw b(n) [N]dbm
2 h(q)ny ḏt-Ḥm[y]m s¹b—
3 ʿ bḥht(m) w-ʿrq(t)m mʿ—
4 (l)tm w-tḍʾ b-ʾ(ḏ)n ḏ(t)-Ḥm—
5 (ym) nfs¹-s¹ w-wld-s¹ w-qn—
6 (y)-(s¹)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṯmkhmw son of Ndbm 2 dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym seven 3 covering slabs and burnt aromatic plants; 4 and he placed under the will of ḏt-Ḥmym 5 his life, his children and 6 his properties. |
| 1-4 | "Ṯmkhmw, son of Ndbm, dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym seven phalli and extracted genitals (or testicles)..." (Frantsouzoff). |
| 3 | For the translation of bḥt, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148. |
| Frantsouzoff 1995 | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bersina 1988: fig. 19 | Bersina, Svetlana Ya. (ed.) 1988. Ancient and Mediaeval Monuments of Civilization of Southern Arabia. Investigation and Conservation Problems. Moscow: Nauka Publishers, Central Dept. of Oriental Literature. |
| Bauer 1995: 118-119, pl. 3 | 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: 16-17, 21, pl. I | 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. |