Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 125
Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 108
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ..]ws³m s¹qny
2 [ḏt Ḥmym m]s³ndn ḏ-r(ḍt )[ʿ]—
3 [lh-n-s¹ bn bhl]( s²t)[ʿr w-ftqd]
4 [... ...]
| 1 | [... ... Ḥn]ws³m (Frantsouzoff). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ws³m dedicated to 2 ḏt Ḥmym the inscription, by which She was pleased 3 by him, according to 4 the oracle that he interpreted and 5 sought for 6 [... ...] |
| 2-3 | On the translation of the rḍw formula, see Raybūn-Ḥaḍrān 213. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum, 768 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20.5, w. 28.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2007: 172-173, pl. 108 | Frantsouzoff, 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] |