Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 6463

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"Jamme 1972 b: 6, fig. 1"

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"Jamme 1972 b: 7, figs 2-4"

Text:

Translations:

1ʾlṣdq, son of Ḥnnʿṯt, of the family Ḥfry, dedicated to ʾlmqh Mqmm. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh, ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt-Bʿdn and by Krbʾl.

Chronological

Period: A

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Offering table → With ibex frieze
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 63.8, w. 52.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Animal Gestures:
Recumbent
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Letter Measure: 4.4

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: al-Masājid, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mʿrbm
Type of Site: Religious area
Deposit:
settlement: Princeton
institution: Princeton University Library
private Collection: false
identification Number: y1971-7

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