Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 58"

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Translations:

1Selon l'ordonnance de ʿAthtar dhū-Qabḍ, 
2Abīkarib, roi de Maʿīn, a financé (?) l'exécution et le partage 
3du sacrifice de dhū-Qabḍ et de Wadd durant les fêtes et a 
4mesuré la part des divinités de Maʿīn et la part 
5que dhū-Qabḍ a promise au roi de Maʿīn
1So has ordered ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ that has to fund ʾbkrb
2king of Maīn the drilling and the ms²qṣ 
3He must sacrifice to ḏ-Qbḍ and Wd on the holy square
4and decorate the divinities of Maʿīn and decorations 
5have been set for Qbḍ by the king of Maʿīn.

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 117.5, w. 64, th. 11.5
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Maʿīn, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Qrnw
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 28488

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