Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5116
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Translations:

1S²hr Ġyln, son of ʾbs²m, king of Qataban, granted and dedicated to ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ and His Priests the legal document of autho-
2rity on the Kḥd of Dtnt tribe, through the kabīr-official who acts as the kabīr-official and who is in charge of wielding authority over the Kḥd tribe and let  this legal document take effect and 
3wield authority as a convenant which makes a covenant with ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ - each individual (is) for two years, from when he starts until he completes the  two
4years and his equal succeeds (in the  administration) to this authority to the one who starts it  - and the one who wields authority over this legal
5document  through the kabīr-official  who is in charge of wielding authority over Kḥd let acquire and obtain (as a due share) the tithe of all the crops and yield and goods and harvest and all the exactions that 
6the  kabīr-official  of Kḥd of Dtnt exacts; and let (this) covenant take effect and wield authority from the first day of the month ḏ-Tmnʿ, the last year of Mwhbm he of Ḏ-
7rḥn, onwards; and this legal document was constituted as a dedication to ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ and His Priests for eternity;
8and thus, let this legal document take effect and wield authority and replace (cyclically) and rotate  (in the administration) the Priests whom ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ ordains Priests; and S²hr proclaimed the oracular decision
9for the Priests of ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ (concerning) the covenant of ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ under the protection of ʿm ḏ-Dwnm and ʾnby S²ymn and S²ms¹ and Rbʿ
10S²hr to their benefit according to this legal document and its written records; and S²hr ordered to the Priests of ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ to inscribe
11and to write these written records in the temple of Wrfw and ʿm ḏ-Lbḫ in ḏ-Ġylm and in the temple of ʿm in the valley of Lbḫ;
12its month the former ḏ-Brm the first year of Mwhbm he of Ḏrḥn; and the signature (was made by) the hand of S²hr 
13and Nbṭʿm, son of ʾls¹mʿ, he of Hybr
14was in charge of these written records.

Chronological

Period: B1

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Q 66, CSAI I, 197

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī Labaḫ), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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