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RES 3917 Ry 11


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.8
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

RES considered this text as SAB.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]ʿtḏ[... ...]
   2  [... ...](r) w-tḍʾ[ ... ...]
   3  [... ... b-] ʾḏn ḏt Ḥ[mym ... ...]

Apparatus
1ʿtḏ[b (RES), but the form witth the t infix has never been documented for this verb; Jamme 1971: 67-68: [... ...]tʿt ḏ.
3ḏt Ḥ[mym in Jamme's opinion is a needless integration.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 117930=1926,0405.2
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 25, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Notesthe BM's fact sheet corrects the provenance of the inscription, earlier given as being from Ethiopia.
The provenance from Raybūn is hypothetical.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 181Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Wissmann 1968: 41, fig. 3 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
Jamme 1971 b: 67-68Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]