AH 237

Text Information

Siglum
AH 237
Transliteration
ʾs¹ / bn / zdmn----
t / mrrh ḏh ẓl----
ʿl -h / ʾs¹lḏ----
rt -h ---tʾ----
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Translation
By / son of / ʾs¹ son of Zdmn----
t Mrrh this ẓl----
for him ʾs¹lḏ----
rth ----tʾ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: zdmn[t] for zdmn----. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ṭll ---- rather than ẓl----. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. zdmn---- t mrrh, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'Zdmnt daughter of Mrrh'.
Commentary
The inscription is damaged. It is broken on the left side. In addition, several letter of line 4 cannot be read clearly.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
In relief
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 142–144
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033244
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA