CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bersina 1988: fig. 19
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


      [... ... ṯmn]—
   1  w b(ḥ)ht[m ... ...]—
   2  tm w-t(ḍ)[ʾ b-ʾḏn ḏt-Ḥm]—
   3  ym nf(s¹)-[s¹ ... ...]
   4  [... ...]

Apparatus
1The integration of the numeral before bḥhtm is quite sure (see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 53/2).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bersina 1988: fig. 19Bersina, 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.