CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 200, pl.91

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.7
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

Frantsouzoff "les caractères sont très larges avec des hampes élargies. Les deux sommets des 'triangles' du m sont joints par une courbe. La barre inclinée du k est un peu recourbée". The text is one of the most recent among the corpus of Ḥḍrn temple.

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹mhkbr

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum, 410
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 16, w. 27
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtrm ḏt Ḥḍrn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2001 b: 200, pl. 224Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Raybūn, Ḥadrān, temple de la déesse ʿAthtarum/ʿAstarum. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 5. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]