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Rb I/90 no. 64 SOYCE 2228


Frantsouzoff 2005 a: 212-213, pl. XXXV:4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ḏt] Ḥm{|}ym ḏt
   2  [Rḥbn ... ...]my ḏt Ḥm—
   3  [ym ... ...]

Apparatus
1At the beginning of the line, Frantsouzoff suggests: [ḏt ks³ʾ ḏt] Ḥmym "[That is what ordered ...].
2-3"In the inscriptions of the temple Raḥbān some secondary deities subordinated to Dhāt Ḥimyam are attested ... In all probability, another variety of those genii is implied here" (Frantsouzoff).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
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

Frantsouzoff 2005 a: 212-213, pl. XXXV,4Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005. Epigraphic documentation from Ḥaḍramawt. Pages 193-216 in Alexander V. Sedov. Temples of Ancient Ḥaḍramawt. (Arabia Antica, 3). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press.