Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
8 | [qny-s¹ w-bn-h-s¹ww ḏhy ](yndʿw) (Frantsouzoff). |
English | |
1 ʾqhlm son of Ys²krʾl the stonemason 2 dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscription that he had promised Him 3 for his children, in order for them to recover from mrwḥ (?) 4 and from the hyf (?) of (i.e.: happened in) the (eponymate) year of ʾlrʾb, and he offered it with a second 5 sacrifice, and the will of S¹yn is generous, because He 6 helped ʾqhlm; and ʾqhlm placed under the will of 7 S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn his life and his faculties and 8 [.. ...] |
3-6, 8 | "In order that they may be delivered from meteorism [or chest disease?] and misfortune thanks to (?) Ilraʾab, and he offered it as another sacrifice"; "[his possessions and his two sons which] may be honoured" (Frantsouzoff). |
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 64-65 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |
Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 83, w. 40 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Raybūn |
Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn |
Link to site record |
Arbach 1997: photo | Arbach, Mounir 1997. Inscriptions antiques. Pages 41-43 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Hadramawt, la vallée inspirée. (Saba, 3-4). Brussels: Amyris. |
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 64-65, fig. 3 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |
Prioletta 2005: 316, 318, fig. 10 | Prioletta, Alessia 2005. Appunti per una nuova sistemazione cronologica delle iscrizioni di Raybūn e della valle dello Ḥaḍramawt. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 28: 309-323. |