AH 325

Text Information

Siglum
AH 325
Transliteration
ms¹kt h- ṯm-
dy nṭr
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Translation
Ms¹kt, the ṯm-
dy, guarded
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Both examples of m are face the opposite direction to the rest of the text. The lines are not aligned. The second line starts below the end of the first line, suggesting that this text was carved after AH 313. It is tempting to take the nisbah h-ṯmdy as meaning that ms¹kt was a member of the Thamūd tribe, but we should remember that several other vocalizations of the consonantal "skeleton" ṯmd are possible.

Editio Princeps
Abū l–Ḥasan 2002: 276-277

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of AH 313, to the left of AH 319 and above AH 333 and AH 327

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 276–277
Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Lineage (nisbah), Military, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0033330
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA