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Rb I/84 nos. 196a-d+201a-b
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Mṣdqm bn Qs³mm s¹qny ḏt Ḥmym b—
2 ḥthn ḏt rḍwt ḏt Ḥmym ʿlh<-n>-s¹ b-ʿ—
3 br ḏt ynṣfm ʾb-s¹ Qs³mm ḏ-ynwḥ—
4 m b-rys³n w-ybṣḥ s¹wḍʾ-s³ w-bn-m-ʾy
5 Qs³mm l-s³twr ḏ-yfʾl ḏt ynṣf h-r—
6 ʿbt ḏt Ḥmym [... ...]
| Frantsouzoff's edition doesn't make us sure that the text is complete. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mṣdqm son of Qs³mm dedicated to ḏt Ḥmym the covering slab, 2 by which ḏt Ḥmym was pleased by him, as 3 his father Qs³mm was performing the rite he who was mourning 4 according to the decree, and then he achieved Her issue; and may it be far from 5 Qs³mm that he may wish ill in what he performs as a rite for 6 the priestess (?) of ḏt Ḥmym [... ...]. |
| 1-2 | For the translation of bḥt and of the rḍw and (y)s³twr formulas, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148. |
| English | |
1 Mṣdqm, son of Qs³mm, dedicated to ḏt Ḥmym the 2 phallus with which ḏt Ḥmym was satisfied for his sake, be- 3 cause his father Qs³mm was performing a rite, so that he should mourn 4 by decree (or by order) and should achieve her (the goddess's) issuing an oracle (?)... 5 and from Qs³mm must (or let) be released from that he wished ill to what he was performing (or performed) as a rite for 6 her spirit rʿbt (the healing spirit ?)... |
| Frantsouzoff 1995 | Frantsouzoff, 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The meaning of the text is very peculiar, but if our translation is right, it seems that the dedicant's father did a rite in the right way, but during the rite he did something wrong against a priestess.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 1995: 17, 19, 20 | Frantsouzoff, 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. |