Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5936

Text:

Translations:

1Rbʾwm [... ...] and his sons Ys²rḥʾl [... ...] and Rbbm of the family Dws¹m dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue, in praise because he satisfied them in all the favours they sought from Him and may ʾlmqhw continue to satisfy His servants Rbʾwm and Ys²rḥʾl in all the favours they (?) will seek from Him,
2and in praise because ʾlmqh saved His servant Rbʾwm in all the expeditions he undertook in the war that took place between his lords the kings of  Sabaʾ and [between] the family ḏu-Raydān and the kings of Ḥaḍramawt; in praise because ʾlmqh granted to His servant Rbʾwm good spoils in that expedition,
3and may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to His servants Rbʾwm and Ys²rḥʾl of the family Dws¹m prosperity and good luck and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Whbʾl Yḥz king of Sabaʾ;
4and may ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm help and deliver His servants Rbʾwm and Ys²rḥʾl of the family Dws¹m from any evil and mischief and the harm and the malice of any enemy.
5By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm  and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone

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: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: al-Kuhālī collection
private Collection: true

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