CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 22


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  ʾhr[rm ... ... hq]ny ḏt-Ḥmym

Apparatus
ʾhr[m bn ʿs²ḏr (Frantsouzoff), see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 21.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
NotesBuilding 2: inscription on the blocks coating the bench, in the north-eastern part of the main room.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 88Frantsouzoff, 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]