Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 4263

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1[... ...]nwk son of Wddʾl ḏ-Ġrbt [... ...] 
2[... ...] Mwʾl of whom (or, which) he took possession from ʾws¹ son of Ḥyw [... ...] 
3[... ...] the priestess Mwʾl and her property and what she will own ? [... ...] 
4[... ...] Nkrḥ and he will own and ? [... ...] 
5[... ...] whatsoever and Mwʾl claimed proprietorial rights and established and granted [... ...] 
6[... ...] and her (or, his) payment on the basis of this document [... ...] 
7[... ...] 
8[... ...] 
9[... ...] the priestess Mwʾl and her property as an outstanding obligation (?) and Mwʾl committed her act to the protection of [... ...] 
10[... ...] and her inscriptions under the protection of the gods of Maʿīn from anyone who would damage and take them away [... ...] 
11[... ...] at the time of ʾbkrb Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn [... ...] 
12[... ... in the month of] Dṯʿ of the kabirate of ʾws¹ ḏ-S²ʿb, his first kabirate [... ...] 
13[... ...]

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24, w. 46 (fragment a: ll.1-6); h. 21, w. 483 (fragment b: ll.8-13)
Letter Measure: 3

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Marginal Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: JSMin 27 + JSMin 12, RES 3697

Spatial

Site: al-ʿUlā, al-Madīna, Saudi Arabia
Ancient Name: Ddn

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