Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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Text:

Translations:

1ʿlym son of Qys¹mnwtm confessed to ḏ-S¹mw-
2y, Master of Yġrw, because he went to [i.e. he coupled with] a woman in (the temple) Yġ-
3rw.
1ʿAlīyum, der Sohn des Qaysmanōtim, hat bekannt vor ḏū-Samāwī,
2dem Herrn des (Tempels) Yaġruw, daß er zu einer Frau eingegangen ist in
3Yaġruw

Chronological

Period: C (conjectural)

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Personal adornment → Pendant
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 10, w. 5, th. 2
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Scene
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Human Gender: Man
Human Clothes:
Nude
Human Gestures:
Reclining
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure
View: In profile
Human Gender: Woman
Human Clothes:
Nude
Human Gestures:
Reclining
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī Shuḍayf), al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: München
institution: Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
private Collection: false
identification Number: Inv. Nr. 94.317880

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