Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
Garbini 1976: pl. I/b Image free from copyright

Garbini 1976: pl. I/b Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

.. ...] 
1ʾlmqh [... ...] 
2their sons and their properties 
3and their altar 
4Nʿmn, by ʿṯtr and by 
5ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym 
6and by S¹mʿ ḏ-Ẓbyt 
7and by Krbʾl and by 
8Khlm.

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Animal Gestures:
Recumbent
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Relief

Spatial

Site: Jidfir ibn Munaykhir, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Khlm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Jeddah
institution: Unknown
private Collection: true

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