Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3984

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Text:

Translations:

1Ynʿm and his sons, banū ʾʿzz swore (their) oath to ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn: that they 
2will authenticate the grant and decree for the offspring of the vassals and female servants of the banū ʾʿzz, be they (employed) in the 
3house or the cultivated land, which are named ḏ-Ynʿm, in the fourth fifth of Ḍqrn; house and land 
4that Ynʿm has bought from the banū Ks²ḥt, so that this house and land should be one house .. 
5[... ...]

Chronological

Period: C

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24, w. 84

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Wien
institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: Sem 17

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