Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 7648
Schaffer 1972: pl. IX/18 Image free from copyright

Schaffer 1972: pl. IX/18 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1And it is no (longer) on the responsibility of and upon [... ...] on the basis of all
2the written documents, purchase deeds, commercial transactions, concessions,  financial obligations, duties and [... ...]
3(the clan of) Mʾḏnm and  their followers and the tribe of Mʾḏnm and any man, great 
4or small, when Yhyṯʿ son of By[... ...] exercised the leadership over the subjects of [... ...];
5and it is no (longer) on the responsibility of and upon those of Mʾḏnm,  their children, their tribe of Mʾḏnm and their children and [... ...] their
6tribe of Mʾḏnm, on the basis of these written documents, purchase deeds, commercial transactions, concessions and [... ...]
7Yhyṯʿ of the Kbr-Ḫll, those of Mʾḏnm and their followers and the tribe of Mʾḏnm and any
8man, great or small, and from the income and profit of these written documents whenever [... ...]

Translation Notes:

1See CIH 609 for the translation of the introductory formula.

Chronological

Period: C

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Letter Measure: 3

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 3439

Spatial

Site: Shuʿūb, Ṣanʿāʾ - Amānat al-ʿÂṣima, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²ʿbm
Type of Site: Settlement

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