Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"Rijziger 2016: 17, fig. 23"

Text:

Translations:

1[W]hblt Ynʿm, son of [...]
2ʿm, and Krbʿṯt Yfr[ʿ, son of ..., and his/their sons(?)]
3S³ḥryn and Ḥmym [... have dedicated to their patron god]
4Taʾlab Riyāmim, master of Ḫḍʿt[n of the city of Ukāniṭ, this statue]
5from their war booty from the city [of ..., because he]
6has granted them to kill [in great numbers, and that Taʾlab may continue]
7(to give) booty and assure [safety to them and to grant them the favor of their lords,]
8the Banū Hamdān, and [their tribe Ḥāshidum...]
9and (that he may) humiliate their foe and [their enemy. By Taʾlab Riyāmim.]

Translation Notes:

1-9The integrated parts are based on the editor restoration of this inscription (according to the parallel text CIH 349).

Chronological

Period: C (conjectural)
Range: 100 BCE - 100 CE

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Kāniṭ, ʿAmrān, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾknṭ
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Kāniṭ
institution: Museum
private Collection: false

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