Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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Text:

Translations:

1Krbʾl Wtr son of Ḏmrʿly
2mukarrib of Sabaʾ walled Ktlm, when
3he founded all the community, that of the god and 
4the Patron and the territory and the people.

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Walls
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 46, w. 124
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: mukarrib of Sabaʾ
Letter Measure: 9

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Gl 1550, RES 3948, RES 4849

Spatial

Site: ad-Durayb, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Religious area
Site: Kharibat Saʿūd, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ktlm
Type of Site: Settlement

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