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Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 53


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters11
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The text has been dated to the period A for the presence of the pronoun hw, eventhough the formular is rather typical of later texts.

TEXT

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   1  [... ... b]n Mlk(nm) [... ...]
   2  [ḏt Ḥmy](m) ṯmnw b[ḥhtm]
   3  w-tḍʾ (b)-(ʾ)[ḏn ḏt]
   4  [Ḥmym ]nfs¹-hw w-[... ...]

Apparatus
The original arrangement of the text restored in each line is not sure.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] son of Mlknm dedicated to
   2  ḏt Ḥmym eight covering slabs,
   3  and he placed under the will of
   4  ḏt Ḥmym his life and [... ...]
2For the translation of bḥt, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 60, w. 43
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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 in front of the altar.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 112-113Frantsouzoff, 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]