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Rb VI/04 s.r. no. 53


By kind permission of Russian Multi-disciplinary Expedition in the Republic of Yemen

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2

TEXT

marker


      [... ... S²b]—
   1  wt b-mw qny s¹ʾl
   2  Yḏḫrʾl S³rrʾl f-b
   3  qny S¹yn ʾl ḥggw((ḥllw))
   4  b-S²bwt

Apparatus
3ḥllw (Frantsouzoff); however, the pipes of the two letters in this word are clearly less bent than those of the l throughout the text (e.g. ʾl in the same line).

TRANSLATIONS

French

      [.... à Shab-]
   1  wa par rapport au biens que demanda
   2  Yadhkharʾil à Śararʾil. Et à propos des
   3  biens de Siyān, ils n'ont pas trouvé une solution
   4  à Shabwa.
Frantsouzoff 2005-2006: 147Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005-2006. L'apport des inscriptions de Raybūn VI à l'épigraphie sudarabique (campagne des fouilles de 2004). Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 141-159.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Ws¹ṭhn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sedov, Vinogradov and Frantsouzoff 2005: 399, pl. 12Sedov, Alexander V., Vinogradov, Jurij A. and Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005. Novyj chram Sajina v Rajbunskom oazise (Raskopki 2004 g.). Pages 385-400 in Alexander V. Sedov and Irina M. Smilyanskaya (eds). Arabia Vitalis. Studies in honour of Vitaly V. Naumkin. Moscow: Rossiikaya Akademiya Nauk.
Frantsouzoff 2005-2006: 147-148, fig. 88Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005-2006. L'apport des inscriptions de Raybūn VI à l'épigraphie sudarabique (campagne des fouilles de 2004). Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 141-159.