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Rb VI/04 s.w. no. 3


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
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ʾd ymrd bn mr](ḍ mrḍ b)-(wrḫ ḏ)-(Ky)—
   2  [... ... b-hy ](R)fhm ʾqdmhn w-tʿs¹m
   3  [ʾḏn S¹yn ḏ-](W)s¹ṭhn b-ḏt s¹mtʿ Dds²b—
   4  [m ... ... w-tḍʾ Dd](s²bm) b-ʾḏ(n )(S¹yn)
   5  [... ...]

Apparatus
4[m bn mrḍ mrḍ w-tḍʾ Dd] (Frantsouzoff).
5[nfs¹-s¹ w- etc.] (Frantsouzoff).

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] so that he might recover from the disease he suffered from, in the month of
   2  Ky[... ...] in the first eponymate year of Rfhm, and the will
   3  of S¹yn is generous, because He saved Dds²bm
   4  [... ...] and Dds²bm placed under the will of S¹yn
   5  [... ..]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
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 S¹yn ḏ-Ws¹ṭhn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sedov, Vinogradov and Frantsouzoff 2005: 397-399, pl. 10Sedov, 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 and Prioletta 2013: 97-99, fig. 4Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. and Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Sur le nom du temple du dieu Siyān dégagé à Raybūn VI. Raydān, 8: 91-101.