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Rb I/84 no. 209


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

marker


   1  S³rrʾl bn Rʾbʾl s¹qn—
   2  y ḏt-Ḥmym nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹

Apparatus
It is not certain that the inscription is complete.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S³rrʾl son of Rʾbʾl dedicated
   2  to ḏt-Ḥmym his life and his faculties.

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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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer 1995: 134, fig. 16Bauer, Gleb M. 1995. Epigrafika Raybūna. (Raybun Epigraphy). Pages 112-152 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN.
Frantsouzoff 1995: 16, pl. IFrantsouzoff, 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.