Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 12 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 36, w. 57 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Raybūn |
Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn |
Notes | Building 2: block reemployed in the pavement, near the eastern wall of the main room. |
Link to site record |
Frantsouzoff 2007: 86-87, pl. 15 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2007. Raybūn. Kafas Naʿmān, temple de la déesse dhāt-Ḥimyam. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Avec une contribution archéologique de Alexander V. Sedov and Jurij A. Vinogradov. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 6. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |