CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property
of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).
Rb I/89 no. 291etc.
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 |
| ||
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (ʾ)krb bn Ḥmyhmw s¹qn—
2 y ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn bḥ—
3 t rḍwt ḏt Ḥmym ʿlh-
4 n ʾkrb b-ʿbr ḏt s¹ʿdw-
5 s³ ʾkrb ḏt Ḥmym w-rʿbt-s³
6 (b)n ʿhnt s¹{t}ʿnt-s¹ h-ḏ-y—
7 s¹tʿn-s¹my w-mn-mw ʾkrb y—
8 s³twr ḏ-ys¹ʿdw ḏt Ḥmym
9 w-rʿbt-s³ w-t—
10 ḍʾ ʾkrb b-ʾḏn ḏt Ḥm(y)[m]
11 b-rʾb-s¹ w-wld-s¹ rʾb-s³ ḏ-ynʿ—
12 [m]
| Frantsouzoff's edition doesn't make us sure that the text is complete. | |
| 6 | Emendation suggested by Multhoff. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾkrb son of Ḥmyhmw dedicated 2 to ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn the covering slab, 3 by which ḏt-Ḥmym was pleased by 4 ʾkrb, because ʾkrb had contravened (the pact with) 5 ḏt Ḥmym and Her priestess 6 concerning the help they gave him; and so that He should 7 seek them (ḏt Ḥmym and Her priestess) for help (again); and may it be far from ʾkrb 8 that he may contravene (again the pact with) ḏt Ḥmym 9 and Her priestess; and ʾkrb 10 placed under the will of ḏt Ḥmym, 11 by his offering and his children, Her reward which 12 is favourable. |
| For the translation of bḥt, and of the rḍw and ys³twr formulas, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148. | |
| 4-7 | "Because Akrab committed a hostile (or injust) action against her, i.e. Dhat Ḥimyam, and against her spirit rʿbt on account of a poor (or married) woman (?) who begged him for help in order that he should beg both of them (i.e. Dhat Ḥimyam and her spirit) for help" (Frantsouzoff). "Weil ʾkrb sie, nämlich ḏt Ḥmym, und ihre Priesterin (?) von der Hilfe, welche sie ihm gewährt hatte, abgedrängt hat, um sie beide (nochmals) um Hilfe zu bitten" (Multhoff). Our translation follows the latter, except for the verb s¹ʿdw, on which see also Prioletta. |
| Frantsouzoff 1995: 19 | 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. |
| Multhoff 2010 b: 55-56 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. tfʿl/ftʿl − Die verbalen T-Stämme im Altsüdarabischen. Folia Orientalia, 47: 20-69. |
| Prioletta 2014 b: 105-106, fn. 27 | Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Towards a Ḥaḍramitic lexicon: lexical notes on terms relating to the formulary and rituals in expiatory inscriptions. Pages 101-110 in Orhan Elmaz and Janet C. E. Watson (eds). Languages of Southern Arabia. Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013.. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. (Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress. |
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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 1995: 18-19, 22, 24-25 | 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. |
| Multhoff 2010 b: 55, fn. 220 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. tfʿl/ftʿl − Die verbalen T-Stämme im Altsüdarabischen. Folia Orientalia, 47: 20-69. |