JSLih 054

Siglum
JSLih 054
Alternative Sigla
D 013, Scagliarini 1994: 227–232, no. 19, Al-Qudrah 1993: 49–50, no. 148, Déroche 1987: 122–123, CLL 075, Grimme 1937: 304, Müller, D.H. 1889: 60-62, no. 4, Hub, p. 396, no. 7, HuIR no. 91, Doughty 1884, pl. XII, f. 20
Transliteration
w{h}---- / bn / zdqny ----
qym -h / nʿm / ḏġbt / ----
w / h- mqdr / w hn- ʿnk / ----
ʾfqw / f rḍ -hm / w ----
b- s¹mwy / tlmy / bn ----
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Translation
By / son of / {Wh----} son of Zdqny ----
his administrator Nʿm Ḏġbt ----
w the dimension and the base
exercised the administrative powers and so favour them and ----
by S¹mwy Tlmy son ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, Grimme, Caskel, Déroche, Al-Qudrah, Scagliarini and Farès-Drappeau: wh[blh] for wh----; Grimme: w---- at the end of this line. Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, Caskel and Al-Qudrah: b----; Grimme followed by Déroche and Scagliarini: b[nyw] at the end of this line. Line 3. Grimme: ----[w] at the end of this line. Line 4. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Grimme: f rṭ -hm rather than f rḍ -hm; Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Al-Qudrah: w s¹ for w ----; Grimme followed by Déroche and Scagliarini: w[s¹]ʿdhm for w----; Caskel: w s¹ʿ for w----. Line 5. Müller, D.H.: h at the end of this line; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Déroche, Scagliarini and Farès-Drappeau: h[nʾs¹] at the end of this line. TRANSLATION Line 2. nʿm, Müller, D.H. followed by Caskel and Déroche: 'herd of cattle'; Grimme: 'mercy, clemency'; Al-Qudrah: 'property'. Lines 3–5. Grimme: '---- this mqdr and this gate ---- and they paid. And so (god) refresh them and help them under the celestial Talmai son of [Haniʾaus¹]'; Caskel: ' ---- and the gate ---- and they completed the plan. Two life spans and fortune and descendants for them, under S¹amāwī son of Tulmai son of Hā[nuʾās¹, king of Lihyan'; Al-Qudrah: '(they) completed as they planned, the gates and what they planned. Lines 4–5. Müller, D.H.: 'and he received in abundance their fortune and their welfare ---- for the celestial Talmī, son of Ha[nuʾās¹]'; Jaussen & Savignac: '(they) gave in abundance for their prosperity and [their happiness] for the double exaltation of Talmay son of Ha[nuʾās¹]'; Déroche: ' ---- (they) gave in abundance. May the [divinity] satisfy them and help ---- under S¹mwy Tlmy son of Hn[ʾs¹]; Scagliarini: 'they gave in abundance. May he satisfy and favour in the period of the celestial Talmay son of Ha[nuʾās¹]'; Farès-Drappeau: 'they administrated. So he was satisfied of them under the Celeste Talmay son of Ha[nuʾās¹]'. DISCUSSION Ryckmans, G. 1937: 327. Déroche 1987: 206, 207. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 4. For the translation of the verb ʾfqw see Farès-Drappeau (2005: 138–139, siglum D 013). Line 5. It is difficult to interpret the word s¹mwy. It may be considered as a theonym, which is very large attested in Ancient South Arabian, or as an adjective in the sense of 'heavenly' referring to the king Tlmy.

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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0034011
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