JSLih 073

Siglum
JSLih 073
Alternative Sigla
D 054, Scagliarini 1994: 308–314, no. 36, Al-Qudrah 1993: 35–36, no. 90, Jamme 1974: 90, Jamme 1971: 38, CLL 073, Grimme 1937: 318, Müller, D.H. 1889: 75–76, no. 26, Halévy 1884: 18, no. 4, Doughty 1884, pl. XV, f. 26–27, Eut 837
Transliteration
ʾmtyṯʿn / bnt
dd / nḏ[r]t / bʿd bn-
t -h qn / bnt ḥṯl
l- s¹lmn / hm -ḏ nḏ-
rt ʿl -h / ʾm -h / f rḍ -h
w s¹ʿd -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of ʾmtyṯʿn daughter
of Dd {vowed} for the sake of her daughter
Qn, daughter of Ḥṯl
to S¹lmn in accordance with what
her mother vowed to him (the deity) and so favour her
and help her
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.: ʾmtyqyn for ʾmtyṯʿn. Line 2. Müller, D.H.: ns¹t for nḏ[r] and mʿd for bʿd; Jamme: bgd for bʿd. Line 3. Müller, D.H.: thyqn bn tḥql for t h- qn bnt ḥṯl. Line 4. Müller, D.H.: hms¹ ns¹ for hm -ḏ nḏ. Line 5. Halévy followed by Müller, D.H., Jaussen & Savignac and Grimme: rṭ -h rather than rḍ -h. TRANSLATION Line 2. Jaussen & Savignac: 'Dād has promised in the place of (?)'; Farès-Drappeau: 'Dd, expiated in favour of her daughter'. Lines 2–6. Grimme: '(she) has vowed to her daughter a grave niche between the Ḥaṯ[ʾ]il and the places of cult to S¹ulmān. It is got what she vowed to her her mother and so refresh her and help her'; Caskel: 'after the dead of his daughter, Qain, the daughter of Ḥaṯīl, to S¹almān vowed, in accordance to the vowed, which made her mother. Two life-spans and luck to her'; Jamme 1974: Dawd, has conse[crat]ed the striped garments of her daughter Qayn, daughter of Ḥaṭīl, to S¹almān, those which had consecrated her mother on her behalf. May he grace her and favour her'. Lines 4–6. Scagliarini: 'what her mother imposed as a vote. So may satisfied her and favour her'; Farès-Drappeau: 'according to the promise which has done her mother in her favour. And so he has been satisfied by her and he has helped her'. Line 5. ʿl -h, Al-Qudrah: 'to her'. Line 6. w s¹ʿd -h, Jaussen & Savignac: 'and her fortune'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 102. Macdonald 2004: 514 §4.2.3.2 (14). Farès 2009: 191-192. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128–129, for S¹lmn.

Editio Princeps
Caskel 1954: 111

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Remains
It is to the right of JSLih 075 and above JSLih 077

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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, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0034212
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