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Ḥabtūr-Khayrān 2


Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 108, fig. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [h]qny ʾlmqh
   2  wld-hw w-qny-
   3  hw b-ʿṯtr w-b
   4  ʾlmqh w-b ḏt
   5  [Ḥmym ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  dedicated to ʾlmqh
   2  his children and his
   3  properties. By ʿṯtr and by
   4  ʾlmqh and by ḏt
   5  [Ḥmym ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 34
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJamla
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī ʿAbadān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 108, fig. 4Ḥabtūr, 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.