CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 138

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Qṭry bnt Hʿs¹mʾl s¹qnyt
   2  ḏt Ḥmym bḥtnyw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Qṭry daughter of Hʿs¹mʾl dedicated
   2  to ḏt Ḥmym two covering slabs.
For the translation of bḥt, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 56
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 198, pl. 138Frantsouzoff, 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]
Multhoff 2010 c: 14Multhoff, Anne 2010. Phalluskult und Bilderverbot? Beiträge zur ḥaḍramitischen Sprache und Kultur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 160/1: 7-40.