CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2007: pl.172

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionVertical
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Text positionRim

TEXT

marker


   1  Mʿdkbd flṣ Qydn |

Apparatus
Frantsouzoff translates "Mʿdkbd, prêtre-flṣ (?) de Qydn" (considering Qydn as the name of a village situated along one of the tributaries of wādī Dawʿan).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Container » Vessel
MaterialClay
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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: 287-289, pl. 172 (facsimile)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]