JSLih 072

Siglum
JSLih 072
Alternative Sigla
D 053, Al-Qudrah 1993: 36, no. 91, Robin 1991–1993: 118, Jamme 1974: 146, note 155, Déroche 1987: 131–132, CLL 077, Grimme 1937: 313–314, Müller, D.H. 1889: 71–72, no. 23, Doughty 1884, pl. XVI, f. 29, Eut 831
Transliteration
ʾbʾlf / b[n] ḥyw kbr
h- dʿt / s²ʿt / hnṣ / w rb -h-
m / ḥrmnḥr / bn / wḫy{m} / kb-
ry / s²ʿt / hnṣ / ʾḫḏw / h- mkn
w h- mqʿd / ḏh / kll -h / mn / mʿ-
n / h- gbl / hnʾʿly / ʿdky
mʿ{n} / h- gbl / hnʾs¹{l}l f
rḍ -hm / s¹nt / ḫms¹ / b- rʾy
ʿbdn / hnʾs¹
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Translation
By / son of Ḥyw ʾbʾlf {son of} Ḥyw the kabir
of the adviser of the party of Hnṣ and their
lord Ḥrmnḥr son of {Wḫym} the two kabirs
of the party of Hnṣ took possession of the place
and also of this sitting-place entirely from the boundary
of the lord Hnʾʿly up to
the {boundary} of the lord {Hnʾs¹ll} and so
favour them in the year five under the government
of ʿbdn Hnʾs¹
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.: qṭnkl for ḥyw. Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by Grimme, Caskel, Déroche, Jamme, Robin and Al-Qudrah: h- s²ʿt for h- dʿt; Grimme: hnḥ for hnṣ. Line 3. Müller, D.H.: ṯ----rmnḥr for ḥrmnḥr and ṯ---ḫl for wẓy{m}; Grimme: ḫyl for ḫy{m}; Caskel: wḫ---- rather than wḫy{m}; Jamme: ḥṭm for wḫy{m}; Al-Qudrah: wḫ(m) for wḫy{m}. Line 4. Müller, D.H.: mkl for mkn; Grimme: hnk for hnṣ; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: hns¹ for hnṣ. Line 6. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Grimme: h- mbl for h- gbl; Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac: mdk for ʿdky. Lines 6–7. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, Grimme, Caskel, Déroche, Jamme, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: mʿd for mʿ{n}. Line 7. Müller, D.H.: h- mbl for h- gbl and hnʾs¹ll for hns¹{f}l; Jaussen & Savignac: hnʾs¹lm for hns¹{f}l; Grimme: h- mbl for h- gbl and hnʾ s¹lm for hns¹{f}l. Line 8. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, and Grimme: rṭ -hm for rḍ -hm. TRANSLATION Lines 5–7. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'the entirely place including the top rank of the people's assembly to the below rank of the people's assembly'; Déroche: 'the entirely place from the right side of the mountain, the highest to lowest side of the mountain'; Jamme followed by Robin: 'and the foundation, all of it, from the highest place of the mountain to the lowest side of the mountain'; Farès-Drappeau: 'the entirely place from mʿn at the top of the mountain to mʿd at the bottom of the mountain'. Line 8. rḍ-hm, Caskel: 'two life-spans'; Jamme: 'May he grace them!'; Robin: 'for their pleasure'. DISCUSSION Ryckmans, G. 1937: 327. Winnett 1937: 17–18 (Line 6-7). Déroche 1987: 105, 208, 274–275. Macdonald 2004: 503, 519, 525, 526.
Commentary
Due to the poor condition of the photograph, the reading here is based on the facsimile in Jaussen & Savignac (1909-1920, ii, pl. CIX). Line 2. The translation of the word dʿt in sense of 'adviser' is from Jaussen & Savignac. Line 5–6. The translation of the word mʿn in sense of 'place, boundary' is from Jaussen & Savignac.

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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
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Associated Inscriptions
It is above JSLih 074bis

  • 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 113–114
  • 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 164–166 Plate XV
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 146, note 155
  • [Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Plate 38C
  • [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 427–434 Plate LXXXVIIbis, CIX
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Robin, C. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâce aux inscriptions. Revue du monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée 61/3, 1991
  • Ryckmans, G. Le déchiffrement des inscriptions liḥyanites et thamoudénnes [Review of Winnett 1937 (WLT)]. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 323-337.
  • [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
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0034211
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