JSLih 044

Siglum
JSLih 044
Alternative Sigla
D 006, Scagliarini 1994: 183–186, no. 10, Al-Qudrah 1993 42, no. 116, CLL 027, Müller, D.H. 1889: 71, no. 22
Transliteration
[----]
----ṣlmn / w----
----ht -hm / nḏr / ----
----y{l}mh---- ʿr
[----]
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Translation
[----]
---- statuette and ----
---- ht their vowed ----
----y{l}mh ---- ʿr
[----]
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H. reads an n at the beginning of this line; Müller, D.H., Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: ṣlmt -hm for ṣlmn w; Farès-Drappeau: (r)---- for w----. Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Al-Qudrah: [ʾl]hthm for ----ht -hm; Müller, D.H.: ns¹r for nḏr. Line 3. Müller, D.H.: ----l - wfyh [w l-] s¹[ʿdh] rather than ----y{l}mh---- ʿr; Jaussen & Savignac: [s¹]ʿd for ----y{l}mh---- ʿr; Caskel does not read this line; Scagliarini: ----{ʾf}yh [.s¹]{ʿ}d---- rather than ----y{l}mh---- ʿr; Farès-Drappeau: ----(yl)----h ---- for ----y{l}mh---- ʿr. TRANSLATION Line 2. Müller, W.W. 1982: 22: "statuette" for ṣlmn, see also Macdonald 2004: 505, §4.1.4 DISCUSSION Scagliarini 2007: 254.
Commentary
We are unable to offer a satisfactory interpretation of this inscription.

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  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 89
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  • [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 [unpublished thesis]. 1994.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. 10 pp 183–186 Plate VIII, IX
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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0033721
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