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Translations:

1S²ʿrwd son of Yḥmʾl dedica- 
2ted to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscrip- 
3tion which He had ordered him, under the authority of S¹y- 
4n ḏ-ʾlm and of the power of ʾlfm, and (he dedicated) a sta- 
5tue, according to the oracle of relief (= the favourable oracle), in order that S²ʿrwd 
6would promise them (the inscription and the statue) to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn, 
7in order to [re]cover from the illness he fell in, the ... 
8[... ...] 
9[... ... ] and he earned the good-will of S¹- 
10yn [... ...]; and S²ʿrwd 
11placed under the will of S¹yn his life, 
12and his faculties and his children, and 
13S¹yn rewarded him with His reward which is favourable.

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Ḥaḍramitic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Raybūn, Ḥaḍramawt, Yemen
Ancient Name: Rybn [oasis]
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Sayʾūn
institution: Museum
private Collection: false

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