JSLih 063

Siglum
JSLih 063
Alternative Sigla
D 021, Scagliarini 1994: 263–267, no. 27, Al-Qudrah 1993: 50, no. 151, Déroche 1987: 119-120, CLL 085, Grimme 1937: 300
Transliteration
----ḏ / whblh / bn / zd----t / s¹b----
----by / ʾdq / {l}- ḏġ{b}t / hn- ʾṣl[m] ----
---- / lm / ʿly / rtm / {q}{d}s¹t / w ṣlm----
----ḫrt -h / w s¹ʿd -h / s¹nt / ʿs²rn / w t----
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OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / ----ḏ Whblh son of Zd----t S¹ʾ
----by offered {for} {Ḏġbt} the [statues]
---- lm for Rtm {sacred offerings} and statue ----
---- his {posterity} and help him in the year twenty and ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Grimme followed by Caskel and Al-Qudrah: ḏb---- for s¹b----; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel, Al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau: zd[mn] for zd----. Line 2. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: ----ḍy rather than ----by. Line 3. Grimme: [t]; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel, Déroche, Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: ḫ at the beginning of this line; Grimme followed by Caskel, Déroche, Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: rtg for rtm; Grimme: [n f rṭy -h w ʾ] at the end of the line. Line 4. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Déroche, Al-Qudrah, Scagliarini and Farès-Drappeau: w t[s¹ʿ] for w t----; Caskel: w ts¹ rather than w t----. TRANSLATION Line 2. hn- ʾṣl[m], Jaussen & Savignac: 'Hāniʾ Ṣālam (Ṣāleḥ)'; Grimme: 'Hāniʾṣalam'; Caskel: 'pedestal'. Line 3. ʿly rtm, Jaussen & Savignac: 'ʿAly Ratam'; Farès-Drappeau does not translate this line. Line 4. s¹ʿd -h, Caskel: 'his fortune'; Farès-Drappeau: 'he has guided him'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 238. Scagliarini 2007: 254, 255. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The reading is based on the copy.

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 119
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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0034202
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