CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 96

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]—
   2  mw s¹q[nyt ... ...]
   3  -ṯ w-ʾ[ḏn-ṯ]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 1456
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 15.3, w. 13.3, th. 8
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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: 159-160, pl. 96Frantsouzoff, 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]