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Rb XIV/87 nos. 110-111
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 63, figs 2a, 2b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Ys²krʾ]l b[n ](M)hf(s²ḥ)[m]
2 [s¹qny S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn ms³]—
3 ndh(n) [w-](q)ṣʾ-s¹ b-ḏ(b)[ḥm s³]—
4 [n]y(m) [w-](ṣ)lm w-s³m(r)[ ḏ-s²f]—
5 t S¹y(n)( t)[... ...]
6 k-ykn-h-s¹ (wl)d(m)[ w-tʿs¹m]
7 ʾḏn (S¹yn) (h)-[ḏ-y]s¹tʿn-s¹ w-t—
8 (ḍ)ʾ Y(s²)krʾl b-ʾḏ(n) (S¹y)—
9 [n nf]s¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-qny-
10 s¹ w-bn-(s¹)[w]w ʾnwym w-ʾ—
11 qhlm w-r(ʾb)-(s¹m) S¹yn ḏ-M—
12 yfʿn rʾb-s¹ (ḏ)-ynʿm
| 4 | Frantsouzoff integrates w-s³mr[m]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ys²krʾl son of Mhfs²ḥm 2 dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscrip- 3 tion, and he offered it with a second 4 sacrifice and (he dedicated) the statue and the crops which he had promised 5 S¹yn [... ...] 6 in order to have a son, and he earned 7 the good-will of S¹yn in order to get His help; and 8 Ys²krʾl placed under the will of S¹y- 9 n his life, his faculties, his properties 10 and his two sons ʾnwym and ʾ- 11 qhlm, and S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn rewarded 12 them with His reward which is favourable. |
| English | |
1 Yashkurʾil, son of Muhafshiḥum, 2 dedicated to Sīn dhū Mayfʿān the in- 3 scription, and offered it as another sacrifice, 4 and a statue and crops which he promi- 5 sed to Sīn ... 6 so that he should have children [lit. children should be for him]. And he earned 7 the goodwill of Sīn in order to seek help from Him. And Yashkurʾil pla- 8 ced under the will of Sīn 9 his soul and his will and his possessions 10 and h[i]s two sons Anwayum and 11 Aqhalum and Sīn dhū Mayfʿān was reconciled with them 12 by his reconciliation which may be favourable. |
| Frantsouzoff 2001 a | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 63-64, figs 2a, 2b | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2001. Epigraphic evidence for the cult of the god Sīn at Raybūn and Shabwa. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31: 59-67. |