Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3949

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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 161, cat. 81"

Text:

Translations:

1[... ...] and S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhs²ʿ and their sons Mḥmdm 
2[... ...] descendants of Ms²ʿrn dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm 
3Master of Ḥdṯnn [... ... and] upon it a statue in bronze, in praise because [Tʾlb] granted 
4[... ...] S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhs²ʿ descendant of Ms²ʿrn from all the expeditions, battles and 
5fights [... ...] Mrb, and his protection (or: guard) when they slaughtered the garrison of the Himyarites in the 
6city [... ...], and fortified themselves in the city of Ḍhr, and there besieged them the kings 
7Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and S²mr Yhrʿs², kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and all the army of Ḥimyar 
8[... ...] the city of Ḍhr, and there they invested them until they died .. 
9[... ...] their two lords Yrm and Brg descendants of Btʿ and Hamdān concluded a pact 
10[... ...] the ʾrydn, S¹fln, the bedouins of Mrb and Ḏʾbn ʾr- 
11s²m [... ...] and after them (or: thereafter) they helped their two lords S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ and Yrm ʾy- 
12mn [... ...] and they overtook them at Kwrnhn, and seized their captives 
13[... ...] three hundred and twenty men were killed, and as for the ʾrydn, they besieged 
14[... ...] all the towers of Rydt and the fortresses of the ʾrydn surrendered and 
15[... ...] the two [hills ?] Ḍbʿm and Bḍʿtm, and they came back from all those expeditions 
16[... ...] and a booty which satisfied them, and in praise because they repulsed and 
17[... ...] the tower ḏ-S¹bʾyn in polished stone; and may Tʾlb R- 
18ymm grant [... ...] good harvests and crops in all their lands and fields 
19[ ... ...] by Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Ḥdṯnn.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 57, w. 38, th. 8

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: Nāʿiṭ, ʿAmrān, Yemen
Ancient Name: Nʿṭm
Type of Site: Settlement

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