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"al-Hajj, Mohammad al-Ḥājj 2014: 124, pl. 2"
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"al-Hajj, Mohammad al-Ḥājj 2014: 124, facsimile 1"
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"General view al-Hajj, Mohammad al-Ḥājj 2014: 123, pl. 1"
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1Yṯʿm, qyl of the tribe Bklm of Mrymtm, and Mʿdkrb, ʿmʿly and Ḍbʿn, of the family Klbn, 2of Ḥyw, dedicated to Ḥwkm and to the gods of the temple S²bʿn the bronze statue from a tithe they paid to Ḥwkm in the land 3of Ḥaḍramwt when they fought, protected and assisted Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of Ḥaḍramawt, and Yṯʿm and his tribe 4Mrymtm entered into S²bwt, and they killed the garrison of Yhbʾr in S²bwt, by the command of their lord S²hr Hll and his son Hwfʿm Yhnʿm, 5kings of Qatabān. They entrusted to Ḥwkm and to the gods of the temple S²bʿn their lives, their faculties, their goods and their son 6Hwfʾl and their brothers of the family Ḥyw. By ʿṯtr, ʿm, ʾnby, Ḥwkm, ḏt Ṣntm, 7ḏt Ẓhrn, ḏt Rḥbn, ḏt Ḥmym, and by their lord S²hr Hll and 8his son Hwfʿm Yhnʿm, kings of Qtbn, and by their tribe Bklm of Mrymtm. 9And they entrusted to Ḥwkm their statue against everyone who may damage or may move (it) from its place.
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 35, w. 80
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Hajar al-ʿĀdī, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mrymtm
Type of Site: Settlement
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