Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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Text:

Translations:

1[... ...] 
2[... ...] their properties along the road [... ..] 
3[... ...] and the tithes that they paid [... ...] 
4[... ...] their descendants and their sons [... ...] 
5[... ...] Maʿīn and their women and their sons [... ...] 
6[... ...] the two towns and the fields from [... ...] 
7[... ...] the possessions and the offers [... ...]

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 21, w. 26, th. 6.5
Letter Measure: 2.6

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: M 300, RES 3316

Spatial

Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125982=1887,0629.18

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