Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6006

Text:

Translations:

1[S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son]
2[Mrṯdm], of the family Grt, [ʾqwl of the]
3[tribe Ḏmry] dedicated to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn,
4Lord of ʾwm, the two statues as
5ʾlmqhw ordered them in His oracle
6so that ʾlmqhw grants them
7prosperity and good luck and for the safety
8of their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king
9of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ
10Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for the
11safety of his servants S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his
12son Mrṯdm, of the family Grt, and their ql
13and their tribe S¹mhrm, and may ʾlmqhw grant
14them the satisfaction and the goodwill of their
15lord Wtrm, king of Sabaʾ
16and ḏu-Raydān, and for what has been and will be favourable
17to S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his son
18Mrṯdm and the family Grt and their ql
19and their tribe S¹mhrm. By ʿṯtr and
20Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqhw and by ḏt Ḥmym and by
21ḏt Bʿdnm and by their two gods ʿṯtr
22ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn, in the citadel
23Knn, and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr
24S²rqn and ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 190, w. 44.1, th. 42.7-26.2
Letter Measure: 5.5-6

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 278, ZI 13

Spatial

Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis

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