Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 384

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"By kind permission of GOAM"

Text:

Translations:

1Boundary which did set 
2Sabaʾ and the colonists 
3of the ms³wdn (?) between ḏ- 
4Ẓlwmn [and] the palmgrove of S¹- 
5mhʾmr, king of I- 
6nabbaʾ.

Translation Notes:

3The term ms³wdn, as a collective noun referring to a class of people, is translated as "landlords" in SD: 139.

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Monumental stela
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 51, w. 32, th. 10
Letter Measure: about 3.5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jawf), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: University Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: A-20-849

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