Hudhud
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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵
ID: 7583

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"Antonini and Agostini 2013: 4, fig. 1"

Text:

Translations:

1Ḏḫrm, son of Mʿd-
2krb, of the family (Ḍ)rn, dedicated
3to ʿm ḏ-ʿwrtm in
4Rtʿmm the statue of bronze
5because Ḏḫrm requested the help and asked
6to ʿm for his son 
7Rgbm. And then ʿm saved
8Rgbm from the illness
9(that was) upon him. Ḏḫrm committed
10to ʿm himself,
11his faculty, his son Rgbm,
12all their children,
13their properties, their land property (?), 
14what is to them; by ʿm and by ʾnby.

Chronological

Period: B (conjectural)

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Sculpture in the round → Human figure
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 80
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Human Gender: Man
Human Clothes:
Short skirt
Belt
Human Weapons:
Dagger/knife
Human Gestures:
Standing
Arms stretching out
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast

Spatial

Site: Unknown (Maḍḥī), al-Bayḍāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 23212

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