Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5985

Text:

Translations:

1ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd, of the family Mhdmm and Qrḍn, mqtwy of ʾls²rḥ
2Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ
3and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh
4Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, three bulls and the statue in bronze,
5in praise because his two lords returned in safety and with glory
6from all the military expeditions and battles and the attacks which their two lords undertook
7and fought and did with the tribes and the army of Ḥimyar,
8and because He destroyed and inflicted harm to the enemy of them both, and in praise because ʾlmqh
9Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, gratified His servant ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd, of the family Mhdmm
10and Qrḍn with the return in safety and with killings, prisoners of war
11and booty, which satisfied him, from all the military expeditions and attacks in which
12they followed their two lords, and in praise because ʾlmqh
13satisfied him with all the favours he sought from Him, and might ʾlmqh continue
14to grant favour and to bestow on His servant ʾs¹dm prosperity and safety and
15good luck, and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb
16and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and might He grant
17to him perfect and healthy fruit crops and harvests, and might ʾlmqh deliver him
18from evil, distress, harm, calumny and the malice of any
19enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. max. 47.2 (left), h. min. 47 (right), w. max. 33 (top), w. min. 32 (bottom), th. max. 26.6 (left), th. min. 25.8 (right)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Rosette
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Vegetal element
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Guilloche
Letter Measure: 1.9 (max); 1.7 (min.)

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 254, ZI 2

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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