Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 7701
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1 Image free from copyright

Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1 Image free from copyright

Höfner 1981: pl. IV/2 Image free from copyright

Höfner 1981: pl. IV/2 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1Thus as ordered [... ...] Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl
2Byn, the two king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, to his vassals Mrṯdm and ʾs¹lm and to their son S²rḥm, of the family Mʾḏnm, and to their tribe Mʾḏnm,
3to their landlords and chiefs, the great and the small, all instruction, directive and determination against whom could make comfortable (by grazing) in the valley Ḥrd
4all camels, bovines and cattle; and against whom could trample down, cut down, destroy, demage (crops) in this valley Ḥrd, from the sanctuary of [... ...]
5until the plantation Fhdm which is in the area [... ...] the valley Ḥrd, thus as [... ...] and the two dams in Ḥl[.]hn and [... ...]
6[... ...] or the bovines, and for a camel may (they) sacrifice to Wdm five [... ...]
7a bull [... ...].

Translation Notes:

3ḥml w-nwm: "achtlos treibt" (Höfner 1981).

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Letter Measure: 2.8 (max); 2.6 (min)

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: RES 3563

Spatial

Site: Ṣanʿāʾ, Amānat al-ʿaṣimah (Ṣanʿāʾ), Yemen
Ancient Name: Ṣnʿw
Type of Site: Settlement

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