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Rb XIV/89 no. 221


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  Ṯm(k)hmw bn (N)dbm hqn—
   2  (y )(S¹)yn ywm mʿd (S¹y)n w-
   3  [.](kr) bʾrhn b-Yndḍ b-g—
   4  (r)bt-s¹ [ḏ](t) bʿl w-[.]b(l) ḏ-*s¹*—
   5  (ʾl )(Ṯ)[mk](hmw) mh(m) bn b(ʾ)—
   6  r-(s¹ bn ʾ)bʿl Yndḍ w-Mṭ—
   7  r(h)n w-ḥwr Qḏthn w-b(k)—
   8  l-s¹m hlw ḏ-(y)[... ... ](Ṯ)mkh—
   9  mw ʾw ḏ-ʿq[b... ...]
  10  nṯ[..]hm (w)-[... ...]—
  11  (b w)-t(ḍ)ʾ [Ṯ]mkhmw [b-ʾḏn]
  12  S¹y(n)( nfs¹)[-s¹ ... ...]

Apparatus
3Frantsouzoff integrates [ḥ]kr.
4On the basis of Lundin's first reading, Frantsouzoff reads w-(ḏ)bl.
9Possible integration suggested by Frantsouzoff: ḏ-ʿq[b-]s.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 132, w. 57
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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 1998 b: 132-143, pl. 8Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1998. O vodopol'zovanii v drevnem Vnutrennem Hadramaute. Epigrafika Vostoka, 25: 130-151.
Frantsouzoff 2005 b: fig. 8Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005. The Chronological Frame for the History of Raybūn (Inland Ḥaḍramawt): Linguistic and Palaeographic Criteria. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 10: 9-20.