CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 99

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersabout 6
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]—
   2  w s¹qny ḏ[t Ḥm]—
   3  ym nfs¹-s¹[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 1448
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24, w. 38.4, th. 10
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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: 162, pl. 99Frantsouzoff, 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]