OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 323

Siglum
AH 323
Transliteration
----m/bn ws¹ʿ nṭr ddn
Translation
----m son of Ws¹ʿ guarded Ddn

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters m, d and the first n are incised in the opposite direction. It seems likely that first name has been cut by the edge of the photograph leaving on the final letter (m).

Provenance
Jabal Iṯlib
Original Reading Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 274-275
Original Translation Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 274-275

Technique
Incised

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 274–275
Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Military, Place-name, Watch (keeping)
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033328
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