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Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 252
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 11 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [ʾb]ʾns¹ b[n ... ... s¹qny ḏ]—
2 [t] Ḥmym (m)h[rt... ...]
| The verb could also be hqny; Frantsouzoff translates mhrt "le produit de sa maîtrise". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 39 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Kfs¹/Nʿmn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2007: 263-264 | Frantsouzoff, 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] |