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Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 38


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 34

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  w-tḍ(ʾ )Nbʿm b-ʾḏ—
   3  n ḏt-Ḥmym nfs¹-
   4  hw w-wld-hw w-q—
   5  [ny-hw]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  and Nʿbm placed under
   2  the will of ḏt-Ḥmym his life,
   3  his children and his
   4  possessions.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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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, southern part of the main room.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 99-100, pl. 34Frantsouzoff, 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]