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EPSY 708 a-f
Frantsouzoff 2015: 76, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.25 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription is parallel to Rb I/84 nos. 196a-d+201a-b. |
TEXT
1 Mṣdqm bn Qs³mm ↯s¹qny ḏt Ḥmym b—
2 ḥthn ḏt rḍwt ↯ḏt Ḥmym ʿlh-s¹ b-ʿ—
3 br ḏt ynṣfm ʾ↯b-s¹ Qs³mm ḏ-ynwḥ±—
4 m b-rys³n w-*y*bṣḥ s¹w↯ḍʾ-s³ w-bn-m-ʾy
5 Qs³mm l-s³twr ḏ-yfʾl↯ ḏt ynṣf h-(r)±—
6 ʿbt ḏt Ḥmym↯ w-tḍʾ Mṣdqm b-<ʾ>ḏ[n]
7 ḏt Ḥmym b-s¹ts³↯bm h-s¹ w-b rʾb-s¹ b[ḥ]—
8 hty s²t↯ʿr w-ftqd
| 4 | The n of rys³n is correced by the scribe. The y of ybṣḥ is wrongly written ṣ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Muṣaddiqum fils de Qaśamum a dédié à Dhāt Ḥimyam l'acte d'ex- 2 piation que Dhāt Ḥimyam a agréé à son bénéfice, puis- 3 que son père Qaśamum qui se lamentait (sur un défunt) d'après le règlement (?) exécutait les rites prescrits 4 et semblait atteindre l'octroi de Sa protection (?). Et que de 5 Qaśamum soit emporté (et que Qaśamum soit délivré de) ce qu'il souhaitait du mal à ce qu'il exécutait comme les rites prescrits pour (l'esprit) ra- 6 ʿbat de Dhāt Ḥimyam. Et Muṣaddiqum a placé sous la volonté 7 de Dhāt Ḥimyam par une demande de récompense pour soi-même et par sa réconciliation les actes d'ex[pia]- 8 tion qu'il a reconnus et examinés. |
| 1, 7-8 | For the new interpretation of bḥt as expiatory act/rite, documented on several inscriptions from Raybūn, see the discussion of the editor (Frantsouzoff 2015: 73-75). |
| 5-6 | rʿbt: in opposition to a previous hypothesis (Frantsouzoff 1995: 19, 20), the editor supposes that this word defines a secondary deity, whose functions are not clear. |
| Frantsouzoff 2015: 75-76 | Frantsouzoff, 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 type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | a: h. 22.7, w. 29; b: h. 22.5, w. 32; c: h. 17.2, w. 37.5; d: h. 17.3, w. 23.6; e: h. 26.3, w. 25.9; f: h. 26.4, w. 34.3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Rḥbn of ḏt Ḥmym |
| Notes | The inscribed blocks are inserted inside the western wall of the temple Raḥbān, in Raybūn I, building 4 (archaeological sigla: Rb I/84 building 3, lev. I nos 196 a-d + 201 a-b). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2015: 75-76, fig. 2 | Frantsouzoff, 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] |