JSLih 048

Siglum
JSLih 048
Alternative Sigla
D 009, Scagliarini 1994: 197–198, no. 14, Al-Qudrah 1993: 45–46, no. 132, CLL 021
Transliteration
[----]
---- zdḏġ[bt] ----
----n / rfd / ḥ----
---- ʾfkl / h----
----bh / w mr----
---- {b}{n} / {m}{r}{l}----
[----]th
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Translation
[----]
---- {Zdḏġbt} ----
----n rfd/ḥ----
---- priest h----
----bh and mr----
----{son of} {Mrl}----
[----]th
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Jaussen & Savignac: h---- for ḥ----. Line 5. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: gr---- for {m}{r}{l}----; Scagliarini: {g}r{l}---- for {m}{r}{l}----; Farès-Drappeau: mr---- rather than {m}{r}{l}----. TRANSLATION Line 2. Al-Qudrah: '---- (he) help ----'. The text is no translate by Jaussen & Savignac, Caskel and Farès-Drappeau. DISCUSSION Macdonald (in press): 16.
Commentary
The inscription is broken on all sides. We are unable to offer a satisfactory interpretation. The only two words which can be recognised with certainty are the personal name Zdḏġ[bt] and the substantive ʾfkl 'priest'.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

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  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 86
  • [D] Farès-Drappeau, S. Dédan et Liḥyān. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe–IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la maison de l'Orient, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée — Jean Pouilloux, 2005. pp 135–136
  • [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 379 Plate LXXXI, CV
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Towards a reassessment of the Ancient North Arabian alphabets used in the oasis of al-ʿUlā. Pages 1–19 in M.C.A. Macdonald (ed.), Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia. (Supplement to volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018.
  • [NAU] Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. No. 14 pp 197–198 Plate XII
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033717
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