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EPSY 1840+1842+1843


Frantsouzoff 2015: 74, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters2-2.3
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾḍrr±m bn (Ḥ)[n]—
   2  ws³m s¹qny ḏ±t-Ḥ—
   3  mym s²ls³ bḥ±ht

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  Aḍrarum fils de Ḥa[n]-
   2  waśum a dédié à Dhāt Ḥi-
   3  myam trois objects bḥt.
Frantsouzoff 2015: 73-75Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2015. Sur l'interprétation du terme bḥt: nouvelles suggestions. Pages 73-77 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsa-b: h. 11.9, w. 19.3+19; c-d: h. 15.9, w. 34.5+10.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRaybūn
Ancient siteRybn [oasis]
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Rḥbn of ḏt Ḥmym
NotesThe inscription has been found in the temple Raḥbān of Dhat Ḥimyam, in Raybūn I, building 4 (archaeological sigla: Rb I/89 building 4, lev. I nos 269+270+271+272).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2015: 73-75, fig. 1Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2015. Sur l'interprétation du terme bḥt: nouvelles suggestions. Pages 73-77 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]