Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 4058
Schmidt 1987: pls 16/a-c, 17/d Image free from copyright

Schmidt 1987: pls 16/a-c, 17/d Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1S²ʿrm ibn Yhʿn built, laid the foundation and completed their superstructure (?) Myr, by ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm, ʾybm [...], and by the power and the help 
2of their lords Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ḏmrʿly Byn, and Hlkʾmr, son of Krbʾl, and by their tribe Sabaʾ and Fayshān; and they committed it to ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.

Chronological

Period: C

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement

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