Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5354
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 101 (facsimile)/pl.I (photo) Image free from copyright

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 101 (facsimile)/pl.I (photo) Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1ʾws¹ʿm, son of Yṣrʿm, of the family Mdhm, servant of Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn, son 
2of S²hr, king of Qatabān, directed and realized all the cutting (of stones) and the smoothing and the paving 
3of the pass of Mablaqa and the whole realization and consecration of the temple of Wdm and ʾṯrt 
4and of the king's shelter in Qly, at the command of his Lord Ydʿʾb.

Chronological

Period: B1

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock
Measures: h. 24, w. 96

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 3534, Q 856, CSAI I, 33

Spatial

Site: ʿAqabat Mablaqa, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mblqt
Type of Site: Mountain pass/Paved road

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