CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ...ḏb] hq[ny ... ...]
   2  [... ... nf]s¹-hw

Apparatus
1Yhḏb (Frantsouzoff), see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 16.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 36, w. 23
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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, near the entrance to the main room.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 114-115Frantsouzoff, 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]