Hudhud
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Translations:

1[... ...]s²ʿr Yrʿẓ qyl of S²ddm and ʾbrtʿ Yhḥmd and Ḏʾbm from the family of Ṯʾrn
2ḏ-S¹lyt and S¹mhs¹mʿ built, repaired, constructed and completed their tower Ryʿm, the tower of the family Gmnm,
3[... ...] city of Ytrm b[... ...] and its façades from foundation to top, by the power and the help of ʿṯtr S²rqn and their god
4ʿṯtr ḏ-Ẓhr Ys¹r and their tutelary deity ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm, and by the power and the help of their lord  Ys¹rm Yhṣdq king of
5Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and his sons S²mr and Lʿzm, and by the authority, the power and the favour of their tribe S²ddm Yhqbḍ; 
6and  ʾbrtʿ Yhḥmd descendant of Ṯʾrn ḏ-S¹lyt and S¹mhs¹mʿ repaired this tower,
7after the house of the family Gmnm bought it for herself from the house of the family S¹mhs¹mʿ, that in the city of Ytrm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 0.44, w. 128
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: probably ʾbrtʿ
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Letter Measure: 5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Concordances: Ir 77

Spatial

Site: al-Aqmār, Dhamār, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ytrm
Type of Site: Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts

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