JSLih 064

Siglum
JSLih 064
Alternative Sigla
D 067, Scagliarini 1994: 267–271, no. 28, Al-Qudrah 1993: 31, no. 72, Déroche 1987: 92–93, JaL 85d, CLL 012, Winnett 1937: 17, Grimme 1929: 135
Transliteration
bʿls¹mn / ʾḥrm / h- qrt
mn / mh / trqh / mrʾt
l- bhny / hn- ʾfklt
ḏ
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Translation
Bʿls¹mn consecrated the boulder
so that no woman can ascend it
for Bhny the priestess
ḏ
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Language and Script
Dadanitic/Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 1. Grimme 1929: 135: 'Baʿls¹min has made this rock-peak'. Lines 1–2. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: '(he) forbade this woman to ascend the boulder'; Déroche; Bʿls¹mn placed the rock out-of-bounds to prevent a woman casting a spell against him'; Scagliarini: '(he) made the rock sacred territory so that no woman can climb it'; Farès-Drappeau: '(he) forbade the village to him whom his wife bewitches'. Lines 1–3. Jaussen & Savignac: 'Baʿals¹amīn has vowed to forbid [access to] the village because he cursed a woman, to (or by) Bahāni Hawnʾafkalat'; Jamme: 'Baʿals¹amīn has blazed with anger against this boulder because had cursed it the wife of Labbhany, the priestess'; Lundberg: 'Bʿls¹mn protected the village because the woman of the palm tree, the priestess of ... cast a spell on it'. DISCUSSION Grimme 1937: 277. Ryckmans, G. 1937: 328. Macdonald 2004: 502. Lundberg 2015: 134. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128–129 for Bʿls¹mn.
Commentary
Line 4. The letter ḏ is written on the left side of the line. It could be considered as an apotropaic symbol.

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 81–82
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [D] Farès-Drappeau, S. Dédan et Liḥyān. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe–IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la maison de l'Orient, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée — Jean Pouilloux, 2005. pp 177–178 Plate XX
  • [Wetzstein] Grimme, H. Texte und Untersuchungen zur ṣafatenisch-arabischen Religion. Mit einer Einführung in die ṣafatenische Epigraphik. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums, 16/01/2012). [Reprint, 1970, Johnson, New York]. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1929.
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • 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
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 73–74 Plate 19
  • [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 405–407 Plate LXXXIV, CVII
  • 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.
  • Ryckmans, G. Le déchiffrement des inscriptions liḥyanites et thamoudénnes [Review of Winnett 1937 (WLT)]. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 323-337.
  • [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. 28 pp 267–271 Plate XXVI
  • [WTay] Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Religion, Topographic features, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0034203
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