Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6027

Text:

Translations:

1Lḥyʿṯt ʾṣḥḥl, of the family Yhʿn,
2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm,
3the statue, as He ordered him in His oracle, in
4praise because ʾlmqh fulfilled His servant
5Lḥyʿṯt of the family Yhʿn in the favours he requested
6from Him, and may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm,
7continue to gratify and fulfill His servant
8Lḥyʿṯt of the family Yhʿn in all the favours he will
9request and implore from Him, and may ʾlmqh,
10Lord of ʾwm, grant His servant Lḥyʿṯt prosperity
11and good luck, and the goodwill and the satisfaction of his
12lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son
13Mrṯdm Yhḥmd, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 
14son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ,
15and ḏu-Raydān, and for what has been and will be favourable to 
16them and for their house, and may ʾlmqh grant them
17good crops and harvests from all their lands,
18and may ʾlmqh deliver His servant
19Lḥyʿṯt and the family Yhnʿn from any evil
20and mischief and the malice and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʿṯtr
21and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and by ḏt [Ḥmym and]
22by ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 4.8

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 267

Spatial

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

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