CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 114, fig. 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... hqn]y Ḫs³nm b[n-hw ... ...]
   2  [... ...] b-rs²wt-h[w ... ...]
   3  [... ... b-K]rbʾl w-b [Ḏmrʿly]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated to Ḫs³nm his son [... ...]
   2  [... ...] during his priesthood [... ...]
   3  [... ...] by Krbʾl and by Ḏmrʿly.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 19, w. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJamla
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī ʿAbadān
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

First attestation of the god Ḫs³nm.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 114-115, fig. 7Ḥabtūr, Naṣir Ṣ. and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda min Jabāh. al-Siyyāḥa wa-l-Aṯār 2. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 25: 91-119.