AH 205

Siglum
AH 205
Transliteration
bḏy / ns¹{y} mrʾs²ms¹
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Translation
Bḏy {Ns¹y} Mrʾs²ms¹
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: ns¹---- rather than ns¹{y}. TRANSLATION Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: 'for Ḏy Ns¹----'.
Commentary
We think that the whole text consists of three personal names. Bḏy is also found in Safaitic (Harding 1971: 99).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 59–60
  • [HIn] Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0033214
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