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Rb I/84 nos. 178+174a-b+175+177+176+181


Bauer 1989: fig. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  (S²)rḥ bn ±ʾḏnm s¹qny ḏt-Ḥm±ym bḥ—
   2  tn ḏt ±rḍwt ʿlh-n-s¹ ḏt-Ḥmym b-bh—
   3  (l) ftqd± w-bn-mw S²rḥ ys³tw±r ḏ-yʾ—
   4  tḫḏ b±n ʾmh ḏt-Ḥmym w-t±(ḍʾ) [S²]r—
   5  ḥ b-ʾḏ±n ḏt-Ḥmym nfs¹-s¹ w-±ʾḏ(n)-(s¹) |
   6  w-wld±-s¹ w-qny-s¹ w-rʾb-s³ ḏ-±ynʿm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²rḥ son of ʾḏnm dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym the covering slab,
   2  by which ḏt-Ḥmym was pleased by him, according to the oracle
   3  he had obtained; and may it be far from S²rḥ that
   4  he will take for himself (one of) the priestesses of ḏt-Ḥmym; and S²rḥ placed
   5  under the will of ḏt-Ḥmym his life, his faculties,
   6  his children, his properties and Her reward which is favourable.
For the translation of bḥt and of the rḍw and ys³twr formulas, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148.

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
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn
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CULTURAL NOTES

As other texts from Raybūn it seems that the dedicant did something against a priestess, perhaps he took her away from the temple.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer 1989: 156, fig. 3Bauer, Gleb M. 1989. Gorodishche Raybūn po dannym epigrafiki. (The site of Raybūn in epigraphic sources). Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 2: 153-157.
Frantsouzoff 1995: 17, 20, 22Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1995. The Inscriptions from the temples of Dhat Ḥimyam at Raybūn. With a Postscript by Alfred F.L. Beeston. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 15-28.