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Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 269


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Chronology
PeriodB1. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [ʾ]ws¹m bn Ḍ—
   2  [r]hmw hqn—
   3  [y] ḏt-Ḥmym
   4  [m]ṯndhn w-
   5  [...]ʿ bḥht—
   6  [m ... ...]

Apparatus
5Possible integrations [s¹b]ʿ or [ts¹]ʿ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾws¹m son of
   2  Ḍrhmw dedicated
   3  to ḏt-Ḥmym
   4  the inscription and
   5  [seven/nine] covering
   6  slabs [... ...]
5For the translation of bḥt, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 53, w. 38
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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: 273-274Frantsouzoff, 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]