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Rb XIV/87 no. 108


Frantsouzoff 2003 b: pl. 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Rms¹m bn [... ... s¹qny S¹]—
   2  yn ḏ-Myf[ʿn ms³ndhn ḏ-ks³ʾ]
   3  h-Rms¹m (t)[ḥt-n S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-S¹y]—
   4  n [ḏ-]M[yfʿn ... ...]
   5  [... ... b-]
   6  ḏb(ḥm) [s³nym ... ...]—
   7  y m(rḍ m)[rḍ ... ...]
   8  (S¹yn)( ḏ)-(M)[yfʿn ... ...]
   9  [... ...] (b)-(ḏt)[... ... b-]
  10  (s²)hr Trdm (w)-(tḍʾ) Rms¹m b-ʾḏn
  11  S¹y(n)( ḏ)-(My)fʿn nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-w—
  12  ld-s¹ w-qny-s¹ w-ṣbḥt ʿyn-s¹{|}ww
  13  w-lb-s¹ w-s²kr-s¹ w-r(ʾ)b S¹yn s²kr-
  14  s¹ w-rʾb-s¹ ḏ-ynʿm (m)rs³dm w-ʾ—
  15  ḏnm |

Apparatus
The letters ʾ and ṣ are upside down.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rms¹m son of [... ...] dedicated to S¹-
   2  yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscription, which He had ordered
   3  Rms¹m under the authority of S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm and S¹y-
   4  n ḏ-Myfʿn [... ...]
   5  [... ...] with
   6  a second sacrifice [... ...]
   7  the illness he fell in [... ...]
   8  S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn [... ...]
   9  [... ...] (because)[... ...] during
  10  the month Trdm. Rms¹m placed under the will of
  11  S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn his life, his faculties, his
  12  children, his properties, the brightness of his eyes,
  13  his heart and his gratitude and S¹yn rewarded him with His gratitude
  14  and His reward which is favourable, as protection and
  15  goodwill.

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-Myfʿn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2003 b: 54-56, pl. 7Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2003. En marge des inscriptions de Raybūn (remarques sur la grammaire, le lexique et le formulaire de la langue ḥaḍramoutique épigraphique). Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 1: 39-58.