Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5945
Ll. 6-28 Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 185, pl. 1 Image free from copyright

Ll. 6-28 Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 185, pl. 1 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1Ydm Ydrm and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr of the family S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl
2of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm, dedicated to ʾlmqh
3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise because ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them
4the safety of the reign, the assumption of office and the accession of
5their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of
6Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, in the
7palaces S¹lḥn and Ġmdn; in praise because ʾlmqh
8Ṯhwn Lords of ʾwm granted them to defeat all the men that had raise against their lords
9ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of
10Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, a bad insurrection; may ʾlmqh continue to defeat and
11bring to submission and crush anyone who rebels and rises up against their lords
12ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings
13of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them the safety
14of their lords  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings
15of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and the safety of their servants Ydm Ydrm and his brother
16S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm; they praised because ʾlmqh
17Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them their command in the land of their tribe Yrs¹m 
18(during) a good and abundant rainy season that satisfied them; may ʾlmqh
19Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant their servants Ydm Ydrm
20and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm, male healthy sons
21and good crops and harvests in all their valleys
22and their fields; may ʾlmqh, Ṯhwn Lord of ʾwm,
23grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother
24Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 
25Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm,
26deliver them from the malice and the maleficence and the envy of any enemy, far and near, 
27they are aware and they are not aware of; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them
28soundness of faculties and material resources. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh

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

Similar Epigraphs

No similar epigraphs found.