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"Rijziger 2018: 144, fig. 21"

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"Rijziger 2018: 144, fig. 21/a"

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Translations:

[...] they have asked and sought knowledge and [...]
1[...] they assembled (?) in the citadel (?) ḏ-Ḫlqtm [...]
2[...] and their "thirds" (?), all the assembly (?) of the tribe "third" (=fraction) ḏ-Ḫlqtm [...]
3[...] and order (?) and command from (the midst of) their hearts and from the midst (?) of their (tribal) seat [...]
4[...] and a (divine) information and a ... of command and order(,) S¹ʿdtʾlb, descendant of S¹myʿm, ... [...]
5[...] descendant of Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, descendant of  Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln [...]
6[...] and every qayl who will rule and command and wield authority over Banū Btʿ from within the house [...]
7[...] their two lords S¹ʿdtʾlb and Mḫṭrn [...]
8[...] a proposal [...]

Chronological

Period: D (conjectural)
Range: 101 BCE - 300 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: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Ḥāz, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ḥzym
Type of Site: Settlement

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