Hudhud
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ID: 5596
ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 53, fig. 10 Image free from copyright

ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 53, fig. 10 Image free from copyright

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Translations:

1Nṣrm Yhḥmd ibn Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln completed, executed, repaired, rebuilt all the damage, 
2the ruin, the collapses, which went and broke a part of their house S²bʿn and its roofs, all its access way, its hall, its covered 
3structures, all its downstairs, all the buildings, its stairs and walls, which went and broke a part of the town Qnʾtm; he repaired, restored, 
4finished off, gild, plastered all the completion, the gilding, the restoration of their house S²bʿn and their town Qnʾtm, 
5with the help and the power of ʿṯtr S²rqn, S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, ʿmm ḏ-Mbrqm, Lord of S¹lymn and Lmmm; with the help, the power, 
6the might of their lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of ʿmḏḫr; with the help, the might, the support of their tribe Rdmn and 
7Ḫwln; in accordance with ʾnby. And he completed and restored their house S²bʿn and their town Qnʾtm in the year one hundred forty-four.

Chronological

Period: D
Mentioned Date: 144 Radmān

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Qāniya, al-Bayḍāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Qnʾtm
Type of Site: Settlement

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