al-Salami 2011: 247, fig. 84
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 3 |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
The left and lower parts of the inscription are missing. Inscription B in the picture. | |
TEXT
1 Hws³n w-ʾḫ-—
2 hw w-bn-hmw [bnw|]
3 Ḥywt hqny[w ..]
4 [.... ](m)s¹(n)[dn ... ...]
Apparatus |
2-4 | Integrations by al-Salami 2011. |
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TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 Hws³n and his
2 brother and their son [descendants]
3 of the family Ḥywt dedicated [..]
4 [....] this inscription [... ...]
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin and provenanceModern site | Ḥuṣn Asʿad |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Banū Shaddād |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr |
Link to site record | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
al-Salami 2011: 102, fig. 84 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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