AH 295

Siglum
AH 295
Transliteration
l hs¹hn / w l rb -hmy ʿyḏlh / w {ʾ}r---- / w l qrt
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Translation
By Hs¹hn and by their lord ʿyḏlh and {ʾr}---- and by Qrt
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: hʾhn rather than hs¹hn. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: w ʾr---- rather than w ʾr---- w. Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: h- qrt rather than l- qrt. TRANSLATION Line 3. qrt, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'boulder'.
Commentary
Line 1: It is curious that the personal pronoun is in the dual when only one person is mentioned before it. Line 3. The personal name Qrt is attested also in the Dadanitic inscription JSLih 182/4 (see Jaussen & Savignac 1909-1920, ii: 481, for commentaries) and in Safaitic (Harding 1971: 479).

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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
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  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 230–232
  • [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.
  • [JSTham] Jaussen, A. & Savignac, M.R. Mission archéologique en Arabie. I. (Mars-Mai 1907) De Jérusalem au Hedjaz, Médain Saleh. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima Harrah de Tebouk. Texte et Atlas. III. Les châteaux arabes de Quṣeir ʿAmra, Ḫarâneh, et Tûba. (5 volumes). (Publications de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques, 2). [Reprinted Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1997]. Paris: Leroux/Geuthner, 1909–1920. Vol. II pp 481 Plate CXXXII
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0033303
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