X.Rb-87 no. 4
Frantsouzoff 1999 c: figs 2-3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 0.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Ḥf ḥmw Ws²[... ...] hwt
2 w-ḍbd (b)-wzz-ṯ [... ...]mw
3 wḍ<ʾ>t ʾḏn-ṯ w-ṯwb-
4 ṯ ṣḥf ḥmk w-s²wṭ (h)-ṯk-s¹ww
| 1 | According to Frantsouzoff Ws²[... ...] might be the beginning of a female name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥf, father-in-law (or brother-in-law) of Ws²[... ...] cried 2 and disturbed her comfort (?) ... 3 She manifested her goodwill and her forgiveness. 4 He wrote down a draft and inscribed a stick because of his two wicked acts (sins). |
| Frantsouzoff 1999 c: 57 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1999. Hadramitic documents written on palm-leaf stalks. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 29: 55-65. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
| Measures | h. 2, l. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The item was found in the lower level of room XXVIII (Raybūn I), which on the basis of the radiocarbon dating goes back to the fifth-fourth centuries BC. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 1999 c: 55-65, figs 2-3 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1999. Hadramitic documents written on palm-leaf stalks. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 29: 55-65. |