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Rb XIV/90 no. 60 SOYCE 2377


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

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾqhlm bn Ys²krʾl grbyhn s¹q—
   2  ny S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn ms³ndhn ḏ-s²f—
   3  t-s¹ h-bnh-s¹ww k-ymrdwn mrwḥ
   4  w-hyf hy ʾlrʾb w-qṣʾ-s¹ b-ḏbḥ
   5  s³nym w-tʿs¹m ʾḏn S¹yn b-ḏt s¹—
   6  [ʿn ʾq](hlm) w-tḍʾ ʾqhlm b-ʾḏ—
   7  [n S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn nfs¹]-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-
   8  [... ...]

Apparatus
8[qny-s¹ w-bn-h-s¹ww ḏhy ](yndʿw) (Frantsouzoff).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾqhlm son of Ys²krʾl the stonemason
   2  dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscription that he had promised Him
   3  for his children, in order for them to recover from mrwḥ (?)
   4  and from the hyf (?) of (i.e.: happened in) the (eponymate) year of ʾlrʾb, and he offered it with a second
   5  sacrifice, and the will of S¹yn is generous, because He
   6  helped ʾqhlm; and ʾqhlm placed under the will of
   7  S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn his life and his faculties and
   8  [.. ...]
3-6, 8"In order that they may be delivered from meteorism [or chest disease?] and misfortune thanks to (?) Ilraʾab, and he offered it as another sacrifice"; "[his possessions and his two sons which] may be honoured" (Frantsouzoff).
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 64-65Frantsouzoff, 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

DepositSayʾūn, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 83, w. 40
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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

Arbach 1997: photoArbach, Mounir 1997. Inscriptions antiques. Pages 41-43 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Hadramawt, la vallée inspirée. (Saba, 3-4). Brussels: Amyris.
Frantsouzoff 2001 a: 64-65, fig. 3Frantsouzoff, 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.
Prioletta 2005: 316, 318, fig. 10Prioletta, Alessia 2005. Appunti per una nuova sistemazione cronologica delle iscrizioni di Raybūn e della valle dello Ḥaḍramawt. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 28: 309-323.