Ḥabtūr-Khayrān 3
Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 111, fig. 5
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ±hqny Ḫs³nm bn-hw ʾ—
2 lḥdṯ b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾl±[mqh ... ...]
3 [... ...]±w ʾlqdm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] dedicated to Ḫs³nm his son ʾ- 2 lḥdṯ. By ʿṯtr, and by ʾlmqh [... ...] 3 [... ...] ʾlqdm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19, w. 24 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jamla |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī ʿAbadān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
First attestation of the god Ḫs³nm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 110-111, fig. 5 | Ḥabtūr, 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. |