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AH 289

Siglum
AH 289
Transliteration
mʿn/h- rʿy ʿmn/yʿrr -h ḏġbt w ṭḥln
Translation
Mʿn [is] the herdsman ʿmn may dishonour him Ḏġbt and Ṭḥln

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2: Abū l-Ḥasan: fmn rather than ʿmn. TRANSLATION Line 4. Abū l-Ḥasan: Ṭḥln personal name. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Although the inscription is carved from left to right, several letters face in the opposite direction. Line 3. Note the Taymanitic form of ġ. Line 4. The deity Ṭḥln also occurs in Al-Said 2011.

Provenance
Danan
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 223–224
  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Recent epigraphic evidence from the excavations at Al-ʿUlā reveals a new king of Dadān. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 22, 2011: 196-200.
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. M. del C. The divine names at Dadan: a philological approach. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 46, 2016: 125–136
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033295
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