AH 313

Text Information

Siglum
AH 313
Transliteration
tm / bn zbdt
nṭr / mtʿʾl / w ddn
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Translation
By / son of Zbdt Tm son of Zbdt
guarded Mtʿʾl and Ddn
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Abū l-Ḥasan (2002: 262) suggests that Mtʿʾl was probably an important person, even he might have been the king of Ddn at that time, or the father of the king Krbʾl (son of Mtʿʾl), who inherited his father's crown according to the inscription JSLih 138. Al-Theeb (2013: 23) considers that Mtʿʾl was without doubt a king of Dadan, the father of Krbʾl.
Commentary
The inscription is beautifully carved in relief within a broad border. The same genealogy occurs in AH 317 and AH 320. Line 2. The letter n in the word Ddn is carved in the opposite direction to that of the text. This is the only occurrence in which two names appear after the verb nṭr.

Editio Princeps
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 261-262

Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of AH 331, to the left of AH 325 and above AH 329 and AH 316

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 261–262
  • [Al-Ḫuraybah] Al-Ḏīyīb [Al-Theeb], S.A. Al-ḫuraybah (dadan) ʿāṣimat mamlakatay dadān wa-liḥyān. Al-taqrīr al-ūlā li-l-mawsim al-ṯāmin 2011m. (Silsilat al-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah al-maydāniyyah). Al-Riyāḍ: Iṣdārāt al-ǧamīʿah al-suʿūdiyyah l-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah, 2013. pp 23
Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Military, Place-name
Old OCIANA ID
#0033319
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA