CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The suffix pronom -h suggests the date in the period A.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ... bn]t ʿs²rm [hqn]—
   3  [yt ḏt-Ḥmy]m nfs¹-h w-
   4  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer 1995: 132Bauer, Gleb M. 1995. Epigrafika Raybūna. (Raybun Epigraphy). Pages 112-152 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN.