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Rb I/87 no. 2 + Rb I/87 no. 3
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlyfʿ bn ±Mḏmrm
2 hqny S¹yn w-±ʿm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlyfʿ son of Mḏmrm 2 dedicated to S¹yn and ʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Dimensions | h. 18.5, w. 54 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
It is interesting the presence of the QAT god ʿm together with S¹yn.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1996: 90 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1996. Nadpisi jilogo doma v gorodishche Raybūn I (zdanie 6). (Inscriptions from the Dwelling House at the Raybūn I Settlement - Building 6). Pages 85-94 in Alexander V. Sedov and Petr A. Grjaznevič (eds). Gorodishche Raybūn (Raskopki 1983-1987). Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Raybūn Settlement. (1983-1987 Excavations). Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN. |