CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 31b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Despite the archaic palaeographic style the text is dated to the period B for the goddess epithet.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... b-ʾ]ḏn ḏt Ḥmy[m ... ...]
   2  [... ... ḏt Ḥm]ym ḏt-Kfs¹

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
NotesBuilding 2: block reemployed in the pavement, south-western angle of the main room.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 97, pl. 31a-bFrantsouzoff, 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]