CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 83-84, pl.125

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.3
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  S¹mhn bnt ʿmʾ(n)[s¹]
   2  hqnyt ʿṯtrm n[f]—
   3  [s¹-h]

Apparatus
2-3nfs¹-ṯ is also possible.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹mhn daughter of ʿmʾns¹
   2  dedicated to ʿṯtrm
   3  her life.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 295
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 17.2, w. 45.7
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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: 83-84, pl. 24Frantsouzoff, 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]