Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6061
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 18 Image free from copyright

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 18 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1ʾbkrb ʾyhr and ʿbdʿṯtr ʾs²wʿ
2and their sons Whbʾwm ʾs¹d
3of  the family ʿḍḍn, ʾqwl of the tribe ʿḍḍn, dedicated
4to their lord ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, a horse and his
5rider, all of them two in bronze, which they promised Him in praise 
6because ʾlmqh protected against the ruin which was in the
7land; and may their Lord ʾlmqh to look after and save
8His servants ʾbkrb and ʿbdʿṯtr and 
9Whbʾwm, of the family ʿḍḍn, from the misfortune
10and the mischief and the things of the evil, and the maleficence and the malice
11of the enemy, and may He grant to them prosperities of faculties
12and power and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord
13Krbʾl Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-
14Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and may He grant to
15them fruits crops and harvests of luxuriance, and crops
16of cereals of spring and autumn season. By ʾlmqhw
17Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 82, w. 33.5, th. max. 24.8 (top), th. min. 12.8 (bottom)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.8

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 140, ZI 47

Spatial

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

Similar Epigraphs

No similar epigraphs found.