Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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Translations:

1Thus, in ḏ-ʾbhy on the forth and on the seventh and on the extant days what was announced in the legal appeal whatever one time 
2? of the king from what was granted as the forth part of the Patron deity following to what was announced for him in the legal appeal; whatever 
3was announced in the legal appeal of Wtrʾl in the temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ according to the directive and the goods of the Ṭbn of Maʿīn 
4according to the directive of the edict which was supervised by ḏ-Kyln and Nḍf; and the guarantees of the judicial decision which was made in relation to the taxation on a third of the goods 
5according to the directive and the goods of the Patron deity and of the Ṭbn of Maʿīn; then agreed (on all this) the king and Maʿīn and the major representatives of Gndn of the clergy 
6in the first year of his kabirate, the notary was the clergy in the month of Yḥmʾl son of Krb ḏ-Kyln [... ...] 
7[... ...]

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 26, w. 88

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: M 302, RES 3318

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 125113=1887,0629.19

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