Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 5994
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8 Image free from copyright

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1[... ...] of the family Ḥḏʾbm, dedicated to ʾlmqh
2Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze, which he had promised to Him
3in praise because He has granted favours to their two lords ʾls²rḥ
4Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and
5ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, of the house of 
6Ḥḏʾbm, and because He has granted to them all the favours
7they had sought Him for, and might ʾlmqh continue to grant
8to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords, and might ʾlmq preserve them 
9from the maleficence and malice of the enemy, and they entrusted their
10dedication; by ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

Translation Notes:

5-6"the house of Ḥḏʾbm" does not seem connected with the previous sentence. Perhaps a line is missing in the Jamme's transcription.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. max. 28 (right), h. min. 27.2 (left), w. 19.6, th. max. 12.8 (bottom), th. min. 11.5 (top)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.5

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 95

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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