JSLih 057

Siglum
JSLih 057
Alternative Sigla
D 016, Scagliarini 1994: 241–245, no. 22, Al-Qudrah 1993: 44–45, no. 128, CLL 015, Grimme 1937: 302
Transliteration
[----]
wʾ----
brʾ-
t -h / w
hʿ{d}
h- ṣl-
[m][n]
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Translation
[----]
wʾ----
[for] his
healing and
hʿ{d}
the
{statuette}
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel, Scagliarini and Farès-Drappeau: wʾ[l] for wʾ----. Line 3. Grimme followed by Al-Qudrah: th f rather than th w. Line 4. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel and Scagliarini: hfd rather than hʿ{d}; Grimme followed by Al-Qudrah: hwd[q] for hʿ{d}; Farès-Drappeau: h---- rather than hʿ{d}. Line 5. Caskel does not restore this line. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. brʾ -h, Grimme followed by Al-Qudrah (the translation in line 3 belongs to the transliteration line 2-3) as verb: '(you) cured him'; Scagliarini: 'his enfranchisement'. Lines 2–4. Farès-Drappeau does not translate these pages. Lines 4–6. Scagliarini does not translate these pages. Müller, W.W. 1982: 22: "statuette" for ṣlmn, see also Macdonald 2004: 505, §4.1.4 DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 259. Scagliarini 2007: 254. Macdonald 2018: 22.
Commentary
Line 4–6. The reading of these lines is based on the copy.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Mixed relief & 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 83
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  • 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.
  • Müller, W.W. Das Frühnordarabische. Pages 17-29 in W. Fischer (ed.), Grundriß der Arabischen Philologie. Band I: Sprachwissenschaft. 1. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1982.
  • [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 [unpublished thesis]. 1994.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. 22 pp 241–245 Plate XXI
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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
#0034197
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