Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 2484

Text:

Translations:

1Hwfʿm he of Qḥlwm constructed, did cut, finished off, completed, excavated 
2his well ʾmhrth and his vineyard Brkn and his palmgrove Rbṯ 
3below this vineyard in the territory of Qnʾtm with the help of ʿm ḏ-Mbr- 
4qm and ʿm ḏ-Mnḫm and His gods and with help of his S²ms¹ 
5in the month Ṣyd in the first year of Hwfʿt son of ʿmln.

Translation Notes:

1"constructed, did cut, separated" (Avanzini). The verb nʾy is related to the SAB word nwy.

Chronological

Period: C

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Marginal Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: CSAI II, 10

Spatial

Site: Biʾr al-ʿAyl (wādī Ḥawrān), al-Bayḍāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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