Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5967

Text:

Translations:

1Sḫmn Yhṣbh of the family Btʿ, owners of the house
2Wklm, ʾqwl of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of ḏu-Ḥmln,
3dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue, in
4praise because He aided them in giving protection for the return of
5their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, son of 
6Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ, to the house S¹lḥn
7from the house of the clan Ġymm, as he accepted to an action him, his servants,
8the Sabaeans, the ʾqwl and the main army. Might
9ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to His servant S¹ḫmn of the family Btʿ
10the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king
11of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ; and might
12ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to them perfect crops and
13harvests in all their land and their valleys and [their] fields;
14and for what has been and will be favourable for S¹ḫmn and the descendants of the clan Btʿ
15and [... ...] of Ḥmln; and that might ʾlmqh  preserve them
16and save them from misfortunes and mischief and maleficence and malice
17of the enemy, who is distant and nearby; by ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh
18and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʾdnm, and by the solar deity
19of the king Tnf, and by their Patron, Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of S²ṣrm;
20and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh,
21Lord of ʾwm, against the damage of it from its place.

Chronological

Period: D
Mentioned Date: (second half of the 2nd century AD)

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 147, w. 49, th. 35.8
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 4.2 (min.), 4.4 (max.)

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: MaMB 279, ZI 50

Spatial

Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false

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