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Rb I/89 no. 306a-b


Frantsouzoff 2001 c: 142, figs 3-4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.3
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


      [... ... ḏt]
   1  Ḥmym bḥt rḍwt
   2  ʿlh-n-s¹ b-ʿbr ḏt
   3  ynṣfm Hwfʾl |
   4  k-ys¹tʿmrm ʿm |
   5  ʾlfʾl b-ʿs³b w-
   6  ±ḥqb [.](r)btn ḏ-ʾ(l)
   7  kwn ʿmr h-ms³l-s³
   8  ywm ygs¹mwnm R—
   9  ḥbn w-bn-mw ʾs³h—
  10  mw ys³twr ḏ-ʾl |
  11  ys³b h-ḏt Ḥmym |
  12  ḏt ynṣf f-ʾlfʾ—
  13  [l ... ...]

Apparatus
In spite of a quite different palaeographic style, Frantsouzoff joins the text to the fragment no. 279.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...] ḏt
   1  Ḥmym the covering slab, by which She was pleased
   2  by him, as
   3  Hwfʾl was performing the rite
   4  so that he had been asked to make the ʿmr by
   5  ʾlfʾl, with a salary, and then
   6  he collected ? that were not
   7  chosen as ʿmr for Her statue,
   8  when they were building (the sanctuary)
   9  Rḥbn; and may it be far from ʾs³hmw
  10  that he may not
  11  make offerings to ḏt Ḥmym
  12  during the rite he performed, and ʾlfʾ‒
  13  l [ ... ...].
2-3For the translation of bḥt and of the rḍw and ys³twr formulas, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 81.6, w. 36
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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

Frantsouzoff 2001 c: 128-132, figs 3-4Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Le 'tailleur de pierre' (grby-n/-hn) dans les inscriptions sudarabiques. Raydān, 7: 125-143.
Prioletta 2005: 316, fig. 12Prioletta, Alessia 2005. Appunti per una nuova sistemazione cronologica delle iscrizioni di Raybūn e della valle dello Ḥaḍramawt. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 28: 309-323.