CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl. 127a-b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [ʾlw]s³l
bn[t ... ...]
   2  [... ... s¹](q)nyt (ḏ)[t Ḥmym]
   3   [... ... ](b)ḥt[... ...]

Apparatus
According to Frantsouzoff, this fragment has to be joined to Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 145 B.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2007: 187-188, pl. 127aFrantsouzoff, 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]