JSLih 007

Siglum
JSLih 007
Alternative Sigla
Scagliarini 1994: 317-320, Al-Qudrah 1993: 61, no. 215, Jamme 1974: 127-128, note 48, CLL 039, Grimme 1937: 280
Transliteration
ʾlhyṯʿ
bn blʿ
h- mtʿ
nṭr / b- tlb / mks²d
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Translation
ʾlyṯʿ
son of Blʿ
the protector
guarded in Tlb Mks²d
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Jaussen & Savignac: ʾlhlfʿ for ʾlhyṯʾ; Caskel followed by Jamme, Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: ʾlhlṯʿ rather than ʾlhyṯʾ. Line 2. Jamme: ġl(w) for blʿ. Line 4. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel: nḫr rather than nṭr; Grimme: n.r for nṭr; Al-Qudrah: nḥr for nṭr. TRANSLATION Line 3. h- mtʿ, Jaussen & Savignac: '(he) has kept'; Grimme: '(he) saved'; Caskel: '(he) has obtained his salvation'; Jamme: 'the tradesman'; Al-Qudrah: 'the great'; Scagliarini: 'the generous'. Line 4. b- tlb mks²d, Jaussen & Savignac: 'because of the loss of Maks²ad'; Grimme: '---- pure (?)'; Caskel: 'a good milk female camel in Talib ----'; Jamme: 'vines during the ruin in Maks²ad'; Al-Qudrah: 'a female camel in Talib'; Scagliarini: 'the daughter of Lb MKs²d'. DISCUSSION van den Branden 1962a: 54 and Müller, W. 1979: 26 for ʾlhyṯʿ.
Commentary
The letters m face in the opposite direction to the rest of the text. Line 3. For the substantive mtʿ cf. Sabaic and Qatabanic mtʿ 'save', 'deliver' (Beeston et al. 1982: 88; Ricks 1989: 100). Line 4. The names Tlb Mks¹d could be interpreted as a compound place name. Mks¹d could even be a personal name.

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  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 96–97
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 127-128, note 48
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  • Ricks, S.D. Lexicon of Inscriptional Qatabanian. (Studia Pohl, 14). Roma : Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1989.
  • [NAU] Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. pp 317-320
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Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0036362
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