OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 314

Text Information

Siglum
AH 314
Transliteration
s²bʾrs² bn ṯmd nṭr ddn
Translation
S²bʾrs² son of Ṯmd guarded Ddn

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is beautifully carved in relief within a broad border. The letters s² and n (except in the word Ddn) are carved in the opposite direction to that of the text.

Provenance
Jabal Iṯlib
Original Reading Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 263-264
Original Translation Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 263-264

Technique
In relief

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
It is below AH 342, to the right of AH 335 and AH 336, to the left of AH 345 and AH 346, and above AH 312

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 263–264
Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Military, Place-name, Watch (keeping)
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033320
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