JSLih 069

Siglum
JSLih 069
Alternative Sigla
D 050, Scagliarini 1994: 290–293, no. 33, Al-Qudrah 1993: 38, no. 96, JaL 092a, Jamme 1968: 106, CLL 089, Müller, D.H. 1889, pl. VII, HuIR no. 98, Eut 825
Transliteration
ws¹qt
ʿmm ʾḏh
nwl / ʿl mg
-h
OCIANA
Translation
ws¹qt
ʿmm ʾḏh
nwl/ʿl mg
-h
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Farès-Drappeau: ws¹ḫt for ws¹qt; Jamme 1968: ws¹yt for ws¹qt; Jamme 1974: ws¹dt for ws¹qt. Line 3. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Caskel and Al-Qudrah: nwm rather than nwl; Jamme followed by Scagliarini: ywm rather than nwl; Al-Qudrah: ʿlm [n] rather than ʿl mg; Farès-Drappeau: ʿl mn for ʿl mg. TRANSLATION Lines 1–4. Jaussen & Savignac: 'Was¹iḫat ʿAmāmaʾ ḏu Hanawām has written here'; Caskel: 'Was¹aqat son of ʿAmam has seen, while he slept deeply, the signs g h'; Jamme: 'Was¹ādat has accomplished his cutting when hi had lost his swift (female camel)'. Lines 3–4. Scagliarini only translates this two lines: 'when he was on mgh'. Farès-Drappeau does not translate this inscription. DISCUSSION Ullendorff 1955: 431. Déroche 1987: 100, 103, 260.
Commentary
We are unable to offer a satisfactory interpretation of this inscription. The inscription is erroneously registered under no. 67 in Jaussen & Savignac (1909-1920, ii, pl. LXXXIV).

Editio Princeps
Jaussen and Savignac 1914: 417-419

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of JSLih 070

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾlfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī iṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 122
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [Do] Doughty, C.M. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le nord de l'Arabie. Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques 29:1, 1884: 1–64, pls I–LVII.
  • [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 162 Plate XIV
  • [HuIR] Huber, C. Inscriptions recueillies dans l'Arabie centrale, 1878-1882. Bulletin de la Société de géographie 7th. series, 5, 1884: 289-303. No. 98
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Minaean Inscriptions Published as Liḥyanite. [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1968. pp 106
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 81 Plate 21
  • [Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Plate 37C
  • [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 417–419 Plate LXXXVI, CVII
  • Müller, D.H. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (nach Abklatschen und Copien des Herrn Professor Dr. Julius Euting in Strassburg). Borgelegt in der Sitzung am 9. Mai 1888. (Denkschriften der (kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 37.2). Wien: Tempsky, 1889.
  • [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. 33 pp 290–293
  • Ullendorff, E. [Review of Caskel 1954 (CLL)]. Orientalia 24, 1955: 428-433.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0034208
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