Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6064
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 19 Image free from copyright

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 19 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1[... ...]s²bm  and [... ...]
2[... ...]
3[... ...] in favour of their lord Ḏmrʿly 
4Yhbr and his son Ṯrʾn Yhnʿm, kings of Sabaʾ
5and ḏu-Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and they praised
6the might and the power of their lord ʾlmqh because
7He saved and protected His servants, the tribe of Sabaʾ 
8Khln, and because He granted them killings and prisoners
9of war and captives which are in great numbers, and which satisfied His servants, 
10the tribe of Sabaʾ Khln, and from every city of
11S¹rrn which they forced to capitulate;  may ʾlmqh continue to grant 
12His servants, the tribe of Sabaʾ Khln, to behave in a praiseworthy way and
13to win success whenever  their
14lords the kings of Sabaʾ and the descendants of ḏu-Raydān will order them; and
15may He grant  them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ḏmrʿly
16Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm,
17kings of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and
18Ymnt, and may He help them and save them
19from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 72, w. 34.1, th. 18
Letter Measure: 2.6 (max.); 2 (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 236

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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