CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2015: 76, fig. 2

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresa: h. 22.7, w. 29; b: h. 22.5, w. 32; c: h. 17.2, w. 37.5; d: h. 17.3, w. 23.6; e: h. 26.3, w. 25.9; f: h. 26.4, w. 34.3
Chronology
PeriodMiddle
Notes on support and decorationsThe inscription is written on 6 different stone blocks, red painted.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Rḥbn of ḏt Ḥmym
NotesThe inscribed blocks are inserted inside the western wall of the temple Raḥbān, in Raybūn I, building 4 (archaeological sigla: Rb I/84 building 3, lev. I nos 196 a-d + 201 a-b).
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleEPSY 708 a-f
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2015: 75-76, fig. 2Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2015. Sur l'interprétation du terme bḥt: nouvelles suggestions. Pages 73-77 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]