EPSY 1840+1842+1843
Frantsouzoff 2015: 74, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 2-2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾḍrr±m bn (Ḥ)[n]—
2 ws³m s¹qny ḏ±t-Ḥ—
3 mym s²ls³ bḥ±ht
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Aḍrarum fils de Ḥa[n]- 2 waśum a dédié à Dhāt Ḥi- 3 myam trois objects bḥt. |
| Frantsouzoff 2015: 73-75 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2015. Sur l'interprétation du terme bḥt: nouvelles suggestions. Pages 73-77 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | a-b: h. 11.9, w. 19.3+19; c-d: h. 15.9, w. 34.5+10.6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Rḥbn of ḏt Ḥmym |
| Notes | The inscription has been found in the temple Raḥbān of Dhat Ḥimyam, in Raybūn I, building 4 (archaeological sigla: Rb I/89 building 4, lev. I nos 269+270+271+272). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2015: 73-75, fig. 1 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2015. Sur l'interprétation du terme bḥt: nouvelles suggestions. Pages 73-77 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |