Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 2907
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pls 52/a,b Image free from copyright

Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pls 52/a,b Image free from copyright

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Translations:

1[... ...] Gbʾn friends of ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Ry[m the two kings] of Maʿīn consecrated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ...] 
2[... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq during His festivals 10 (victims), and when he constructed the tower [L]bʾn, which is in front of the gate of the town of Yṯl, in stone [... ...] 
3[... ...] he dug his well Tġl up to the rain-watered field Tʿd, and he brought into cultivation his irrigable land, and when he acquired and brought into cultivation his palmgrove Ḏbʾ[... ...] 
4[... ...] and when ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl entrusted and gave to ʿms¹mʿ [... ...]

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Walls
Materials: Stone

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 2952, B-M 211

Spatial

Site: Barāqish, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Yṯl
Type of Site: Settlement

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