CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

Indexes
Tools
Record’s details
CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).

Ḥabtūr-Khayrān 4


Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 112, fig. 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ... ...]±ʿm hqny Ḫs³nm
   2  bn-hw Ḏhbm w-ʿ±[... ...]
   3  [... ... ʾl]±mqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmy—
   4  m w-b Krbʾl w-b ±Ḏmrʿly

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]ʿm dedicated to Ḫs³nm
   2  his son Ḏhbm and [... ...]
   3  [... ...] by ʾlmqh and by ḏt-Ḥmym
   4  and by Krbʾl and by Ḏmrʿly.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 32
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJamla
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī ʿAbadān
CountryYemen
Link to site record

CULTURAL NOTES

First attestation of the god Ḫs³nm.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ḥabtūr and al-Zubaydī 2013: 112-113, fig. 6Ḥabtūr, 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.