Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3298

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"Avanzini 2000: pl. 3/b; Arbach and Audouin 2007: 8, cat. 1"

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Translations:

.. ...]
1[... ...] Nbṭʾl 
2[... ...] have dedicated to ʾrnydʿ 
3[... ...] fulfilling the duties they had (towards the god) 
4to fulfill the order of the oracle, and he was the one who 
5came after their father 
6Nbṭʾl to fulfill the oracle. 
7For ʾrnydʿ and ʿṯtr 
8ḏ-Grbm and for Wdm and for 
9ḏt Ns²qm and for Mlkqwh 
10Ryd king of Ns²n and for Ydʿʾb 
11Yfs² and put under the protection of ʾrnydʿ 
12their descendants and possessions.

Translation Notes:

4-8"les offrandes qu'ils ont promises s'ils rachetaient l'obligation et il y eut ceux (qui vinrent) après leur père Nbṭʾl et ils rachetèrent l'obligation" (Bron 2010 b: 41).

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 86, w. 61, th. 8
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
Letter Measure: 4

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 11191

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