Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6757

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"Bāsalāmah 1990: 160, fig. 56 By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah"

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Translations:

1Declaration of the banū S¹ḫymm: two sacrifices must be made to S²ms¹m, 
2the solar deity of (the hunt ?): up to hundred ibexes, to be slaughtered one by one,
3on his responsibility (?), up to hundred ibexes on her responsibility (?).

Chronological

Period: C (conjectural)

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bmm
Type of Site: Settlement

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