Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3777

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"CIH: i/iii, 197"

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Translations:

1So decreed and ordained ʿms²fq (of) Kbr ʾqynm and [... ...] 
2their agreement [... ...] ? ʿms²fq and the ʾqyn of Shibām and all the 
3women in the families of the ʾqyn of Shibām ... and their sons the banū Rʾbn, and ? 
4and ? of their husbands, and so that, regarding those (women), may their husbands give (those) women children generated 
5with them in the city of Shibām, within the borders (?) and in the Sabaean families before [... ...] 
6.. within the borders (?) and in the fields of their community and their tribe ʾqynm under the authority 
7[... ...].

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h.16, w. 60

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Shibām-Kawkabān, al-Maḥwīt, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bm
Type of Site: Settlement

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