Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"Christian J. Robin Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 156, fig. 1"

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"Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 57, pl. 54b"

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"Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 57, pl. 54c"

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Translations:

1Declaration (on behalf) of ʾlhb Zʿmn and all their brothers
2and their sons, clients of the family S¹ḫmm:
3indeed they sought favour from Tʾlb, Lord
4of Qdmn, as the god of Ḫs¹ʾm [and...] and T'lb commanded them
5in His oracular response
6to sacrifice Him a victim and to repeat
7in [...] in the month of Ṣrb regularly, once
8a year, on His behalf; may He protect them from
9everyone who did damage to their land and their house
10Rbn, from (any) loss and insect pests. And Tʾ-
11lb, He promised to His devotees to protect them
12from any mischievous person, from the establishment of this do-
13cument onwards. And this document was (written)
14in the month of Dṯʿ in the year of Rb, son of Yfs²,
15of the family Yhs³ḥm.

Translation Notes:

7-8The editor translates: "and may He reward them with big (beasts)". At the beginning of l. 8 he reads: s³ḫnn and he notes: "this word, attested here for the first time in Epigraphic South Arabian languages, can be compared with ṯaḫīn (pl. ṯiḫān) 'thick, big, coarse, or gross" in classical Arabic (Lane 1863-1893: 333)" (Frantsouzoff 2009: 158).

Chronological

Period: D (conjectural)

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 112, w. 39
Letter Measure: 4.2 (l.1)

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MAFRAY-Mahazza 1

Spatial

Site: Quṭra, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mṭrtm
Type of Site: Settlement

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