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Rb XVI/88-89 no. 1


Lundin 1997 b: 30, photo

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [.]rfm b[n] Lʿs¹[m]m w-Ḏḫr b(n)t S³qrm (gs¹)m—
   2  [w] qbr-s¹(m)y w-bʿlw fq(ḥ) f(qḥ) [q]b(rn) |

Apparatus
1Rfm (Lundin, Frantsouzoff); possibly to be integrated [T]rfm (see RAMRY/94-Mak no. 1).
Lʿs¹lm (Lundin, Frantsouzoff).
2At the end of the text, one must probably read qbrhn instead of qbrn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.]rfm son of Lʿs¹mm and Ḏḫr daughter of S³qrm built
   2  their tomb, and each owns half of the tomb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Tomb
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
NotesTomb N4.
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CULTURAL NOTES

"The two persons mentioned in the inscription are not said to be husband and wife. Furthermore, the stress on their owning half of the tomb each makes it plausible that they were indeed not relatives but had formed an association to build this double-cell-tomb, with the two cells individually owned by them and their progeny" (Lundin).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1997 b: 27-30, photoLundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1997. Eine Grabinschrift aus der Nekropole Raybūn XVI. Mare Erythraeum, 1: 27-30.
Frantsouzoff 2003 b: 44Frantsouzoff, 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.