Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 3979

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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 169, cat. 87"

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Translations:

1[... ...] and some from the mqtt condemned this man ... 
2to death; and as for ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 
3Raydān, he praised and testified his thanks to ʿṯtr ḏ- 
4Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, because He saved him and helped 
5and protect him from all the malices, calumnies and misfortunes of that 
6man Nmrn, who rose up and conspaired against the gods 
7and the men, and concerning (any hostile person) of whom they are not aware and do not know, may 
8ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, repeatedly protect and save 
9His servant ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ 
10and ḏu-Raydān, and their palaces S¹lḥn and Ġndn; and (may He repeatedly) preserve 
11and grant (protection) and be favourable towards him, against all the harms and 
12mischiefs; by ʿṯtr, Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym, 
13by ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.

Chronological

Period: C
Mentioned Date: (around middle of 2nd century AD)

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 48.5, w. 33.5, 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: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 7383

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