Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 12
Frantsouzoff 2007: pls 12-13
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 11 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] b[n] Hḥ—
2 [h](m)w h(qny) |
3 [ḏt Ḥ]mym mḫḍ ʾ[... ...]
| 3 | Fransouzoff translates mḫḍ as: "l'octroi de" or "l'objet en pierres taillées". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 41, w. 53 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2007: 80-81, pls 12, 13 | 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] |