Hudhud
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ID: 6694
ʿAbdallāh 1988 a: 153 Image free from copyright

ʿAbdallāh 1988 a: 153 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of
2Mʿdkrb Yhmgd and Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr, qyly
3of Rdmn and Ḫwln, dug up and built the water conduct 
4and all its canals and its channels (or: dam?) towards the sown field
5from ʿbl for the irrigation of his vineyards ḏ-ʾḥddn.

Chronological

Period: C

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock
Measures: h. 40, w. 64
Letter Measure: 6

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: Jabal al-Khalīqa, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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