Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5943

Text:

Translations:

1ʿkm ʾrym, son of Lḥyn and S¹wny, mqtwy of S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as he had promised Him and in praise because He gratified His servant ʿkm of an oracular dream and of the vision that He granted His servant ʿkm;
2they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh because He satisfied him in all the favours he sought from Him and may He continue to satisfy and fulfil His servant ʿkm in all the favours he will seek from Him and may He grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydān,
3and may He protect and save His servant ʿkm from the harm and the malice and the calumny and the calamity of any enemy and may He grant him harvests and good crops. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Translation Notes:

1For the meaning of ḫwd, see the discussion in Ryckmans 1974.

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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