Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5947

Text:

Translations:

1Hʿn [... ...] mqtwy of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise because He satisfied His servant  Hʿn in all the favours he requested from Him, when he carried on an expedition to the west,  by the order of their lord, the king, and they came back with spoils and prisoners and booty (taken) from the Abyssinians who had attacked with Rs¹m and some  of those pf S¹hr;
2they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh because they returned in safety from any sickness and ill-health, and may ʾlmqh fulfil and satisfy His servant  Hʿn in all the favours he will request from Him, and may He grant him healthy male children and good crops and sound cattle that will satisfy them, and may He deliver them from sickness, malice, calumny and maleficence of any enemy, far or near, and for what has been favourable and may be favourable to them. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

Translation Notes:

2tʾwlw b-wfym bn mrḍm w-s¹dmm "ils se sont rétablis d'une maladie et d'une consomption" (Ryckmans 1974 a: 505).

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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