JSLih 050

Siglum
JSLih 050
Alternative Sigla
Scagliarini 1994: 209–214, no. 16, Al-Qudrah 1993: 48–49, no. 145, CLL 070, Müller, D.H. 1889: 69, no. 18
Transliteration
----{n}----
----y----ʿn / ʾdʿhn / w l----
---- ḏġbt / b- ml{l}----
---- t{ḥ}t / b----
---- {w} {ḫ}lʾlf ----
w s¹mʿ----
[----]
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Translation
----{n}----
----y----ʿn ʾdʿhn and L----
---- Ḏġbt in {Mll----}
---- {tḥt} b----
----{and} {Ḫlʾlf} ----
w he heard ----
[----]
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: ---- bn ---- bn for ----{n}----. Line 2. Müller, D.H. ʾṣ dqhn rather than ----y----ʿn ʾdʿhn w l----; Jaussen & Savignac: ----ḏyfʿn ʾdʿhn wm for ----y----ʿn ʾdʿhn w l----; Caskel: ḫ---- ʿn ʾdq h- ṣlmn for ----y----ʿn ʾdʿhn w l----; Al-Qudrah: h---- ʿn ʾdq h- ṣlmn for ----y----ʿn ʾdʿhn w l----; Scagliarini: ḫ (gyf)ʿn ʾd(q) hṣ(l)m---- rather than ----y----ʿn/ʾdʿhn/w l----. Line 3. Jaussen & Savignac: bml rather than ml{l}; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: ml rather than ml{l}. Line 4. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Scagliarini: tġt for t{ḥ}t; Müller, D.H.: ṭ---- for b----; Jaussen & Savignac and Scagliarini: ṭ----h---- for b----; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: ḏ at the beginning of this line and b th rather than b----. Line 5. Müller, D.H. h ḏh f----ʾ for ----{w} {ḫ}lʾlf----; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: ḫbmw for {ḫ}lʾlf. Line 6. Müller, D.H. does not read this line; Jaussen & Savignac: w s¹mʿm rather than w s¹mʿ----. DISCUSSION Macdonald 2004: 520 §4.3.5, 16. Scagliarini 2007: 254. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is carelessly incised. It is broken on all sides, therefore it is very difficult to offer a translation. The only words which can be recognised are the divine name Ḏġ[bt] and the preposition tḥt.

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 108–109
  • 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
  • [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 386–388 Plate LXXXI, CV
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • Müller, D.H. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (nach Abklatschen und Copien des Herrn Professor Dr. Julius Euting in Strassburg). Borgelegt in der Sitzung am 9. Mai 1888. (Denkschriften der (kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 37.2). Wien: Tempsky, 1889.
  • [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. 16 pp 209–214 Plate XIV
  • Scagliarini, F. The word ṣlm / ṣnm and some words for "statue, idol" in Arabian and other Semitic languages. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 37, 2007: 253-262.
  • [Eut] Some of the inscriptions recorded by Julius Euting in Van den Branden, A. Les textes thamoudéens de Huber et d'Euting. Le Muséon 69, 1956: 109-137. pp 113
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033718
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