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Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 95bis


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 81bis

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  [... ... ]ʾlḏk[r ](s¹)[qny ](ḏ)t Ḥmym ṣ(ḥr)[h](n) |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... ] ʾlḏkr dedicated to ḏt Ḥmym the basin.
Fransouzoff translates ṣḥr "vase rituel". On this term, see also Raybūn-Ḥaḍrān 62.

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 1, fragmentary tiles reemployed in the pavement.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 146-147, pl. 81bisFrantsouzoff, 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]