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AH 223

Siglum
AH 223
Transliteration
[----] llbhm ---- bt/f rḍy---- h/s¹nt/ʾr[b][ʿ]---- b- ʾ{ʿ}h/ḏ---- nʾ----ml---- n/ʾf----
Translation
[----] llbhm---- bt and so may he favour ---- h in the year {four} ---- b- {ʾʿh} ḏ---- nʾ----ml---- n/ʾf----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEX Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾr{b}---- for ʾr[b][ʿ]----. Line 4. Abū l-Ḥasan: b ʾṯ -h rather than bʾ{ʿ}h. Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan: ml{k lḥy} rather than ----ml----. TRANSLATION Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: 'to Lbhm ----'.
Commentary
The inscription is broken on the left side.

Provenance
Jabal Umm Daraǧ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
In relief

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 107–109
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Isolated Prayer
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033230
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