Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3946

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"CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXVIII"

Text:

Translations:

.. ...]
1... the tribe Ḥšdm in the city [..]ḍ in (the territory of) the tribe 
2Ḥimyar and he led 200 men and they made a raid 
3into the land of Ḥimyar, where he killed one man; and because 
4he led 150 men into Mrdm 
5in the land of ʾlhn, where he captured two men and because 
6they made an expedition, fifty men in the region of Dlg, where he killed 
7one man and because they made an expedition against the Ḥbs²t in the region of [... ...], 
8where he killed one man and because he led and auxiliary column 
9of Arabs, 110 men, and they made an expedition against 
10Brqn, where he killed one man, and because his lords of the banu Hmdn 
11hired out to him their horses [... ...] 
12so he killed two chieftains and all [... ...] 
13the one on which ʾbkrb Yhs¹kr declared the defeat 
14of ḏ-Ḫṭlm; and because Tʾlb granted him 
15to beget many male children; and may Tʾlb 
16continue to grant him the favour and the satisfaction of their lords the banu Hmdn 
17and their tribe Ḥs²dm, and good crops in their 
18fields and their land; and may Tʾlb save them 
19from the harm and the malice of the enemies; by Tʾlb Rymm 
20Lord of Rḥbn.

Translation Notes:

6they acted as a vanguard of the khamīs (Beeston 1976 b: 43).
11and by means of the force (so) hired from them (Beeston 1973: 453).
12and (achieved) all that he has declared on this monument (Beeston 1937 a).

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 40, w. 30

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: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Istanbul
institution: Ancient Orient Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 7485

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