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AH 265

Text Information

Siglum
AH 265
Transliteration
l- gwr s²ms¹
Translation
By Gwr S²ms¹

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Abū l-Ḥasan: hgwrs²mʾ rather than l- gwr s²ms¹.
Commentary
The text begins with a lām auctoris. The personal name Gwr is attested also in Thamudic (Ryckmans, G. 1934-1935: 59) and S²ms¹ is well-known in Dadanitic, see for instance JSLih 301.

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

Technique
Incised

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 191–192
  • Ryckmans, G. Les noms propres sud-sémitiques. (3 volumes). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 2). Louvain: Bureaux du Muséon, 1934-1935.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033271
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