Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5938

Text:

Translations:

1S²rḥʾl Yzʾn of the family Tzʾd dedicated to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm the statue as He had ordered him in His oracle and in addition to it a votive object (a bowl?) by which his servant S²rḥʾl, of the family Tzʾd, sought favour from Him for the crops in his land, in the first year of Tbʿkrb son of Mʿdkrb of the family Ḥzfrm,
2and may ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm, continue to satisfy them in all the favours he will seek from Him and for their safety and (the safety of) their children and the goodwill and the satisfaction of the their lords ʿlhn Nhfn and his son S²ʿrm ʾwtr the kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Yrm ʾymn king of Sabaʾ, and may He grant to them healthy male children. By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.

Translation Notes:

1The translation "bowl" for kbtm is proposed by Ryckmans 1974: 244.

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
Concordances: ZI 15

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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