CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 1998 a: 64-66, fig. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]s¹ ḏt wrwt b-ḏt [... ...]
   2  [... ...]bs³-h-s¹ w-bn-mw Y[... ...]
   3  [... ... ]ḏ-ygs¹m ms³l-s³ w-t[ḍʾ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29.1, w. 24
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 1998 a: 64-66, fig. 3Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1998. A Parallel to the Second Commandment in the inscriptions of Raybūn. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 28: 61-67.