JSLih 071

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Siglum
JSLih 071
Alternative Sigla
D 052, Scagliarini 1994: 300–308, no. 35, Al-Qudrah 1993: 38–39, no. 97, JaL 118, Beeston et al. 1973: 69–73, CLL 091, Grimme 1937: 298
Transliteration
ʿnzh / bn / ʾs¹
bn / tnyl / bn / ʿbd
ḏʾl / hnʾḥnkt
s¹ḥ / s²fh ʾmr
b- lḥgr / w s²[d]
s¹nt / mnʾḏy / s¹-
fy / f ḫfr
hlmfl / ḏ
lṯlṯ
s¹nn
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / ʿnzh son of ʾs¹
son of Tnyl son of ʿbd
of the lineage of Hnʾḥnkt
his gains were abundant; he was amir
in al-Ḥigr and {stood out}
for a year against the aggression of S¹fy
and subsequently acted as caravan guard in these desert areas
in the third year

OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Caskel: ʿb rather than ʿbd. Line 4. Grimme: s¹lm nfhʾlh for s¹ḥ s²fh ʾmr; Jaussen & Savignac: nhfhʾlr for s²fh ʾmr; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: s¹by nfhʾlr for s¹ḥ s²fh ʾmr; Jamme: s¹lm nbhʾld for s¹ḥ s²fh ʾmr; Scagliarini: nfhʾmr for s²fh ʾmr; Farès-Drappeau: nfhʾlr for s²fh ʾmr. Line 5. Jaussen & Savignac: blḥmr mn rġ for blḥgr w s²[d]; Grimme: mn h[l] for w s²[d]; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: mnr rather than w s²[d]; Jamme: b- lḥgh wrnr for b- lḥgr w s²[d]; Scagliarini: w s²r rather than w s²[d]. Line 6. Grimme: ʾḏn for ʾḏy; Jamme: gnʾḏy for mnʾḏy. Line 7. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Jamme and Farès-Drappeau: by fḫbr for fy f ḫfr; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: by for fy. Line 8. Jaussen & Savignac: h- lmbl rather than hlmfl; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: h- lgbl rather than hlmfl; Jamme: hlmṭl for hlmfl. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʿbdḏʾl, Grimme: 'slaves of'. Line 4. s¹ḥ, Jaussen & Savignac: '(he) struck'; Scagliarini: 'benefit'. Line 6. mn ʾḏy, Jaussen & Savignac: 'Manʾaḏy'; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: 'when (he) suffered captivity'; Scagliarini: 'of the aggression'. Lines 6–7. s¹fy, Scagliarini: 'S¹afā'. Line 7. f ḫfr, Scagliarini: 'he worked as a caravan controller'; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'Therefore the people's assembly has transferred to him'. Line 8. h- lmḏl ḏ, Grimme: 'this final agreement'; Scagliarini: 'in this area of the desert'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 106, 110. Macdonald 2000: 52–53, 70 (note 90). Macdonald 2018: 10, 13–15.
Commentary
Line 4–10. The translation and reading is based on Beeston's translation. The inscription is written in Dadanitic script, but in Arabic language from line 4 onwards.

Editio Princeps
Beeston 2005: 107-110

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Genealogy, Lineage, Place-name, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0034210
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