Hudhud
Hudhud Logo
𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

Text:

Translations:

1[Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of (the clans)] Gdnm and (ḏ)-Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, the two sons of Brqm
2Yʿrr, descendant of Ḥbtlm and Zbnr,] have dedicated to their tutelary deity Hrn two horses and their two riders
3[from their booty from the city S²bw]t as they accompanied their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king
4[of S¹bʾ and ḏ-Rydn, son of ʿlhn Nh]fn, king of S¹bʾ, when they waged war on Ḥḍrmt.

Chronological

Period: D
Range: 101 BCE - 300 CE

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 26, w. 93, th. 18
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Rosette
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Monogram

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement

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