Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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Text:

Translations:

1[... ...] the king, when he paid the tithes twice, and made a blood sacrifice to Wd, by ʿṯtr [... ...]

Translation Notes:

Concerning ns²r, which is an hapax in ASA, see Aram. nsr "saw" and Ar. našara "he spread out".

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Alabaster
Shape: Squared
Measures: h. 57.8, w. 100, th. 11.5
Letter Measure: 6

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jawf), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MṢM 4564

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