JSLih 078

Siglum
JSLih 078
Alternative Sigla
D 059, Al-Qudrah 1993: 29, no. 59, CLL 016, Winnett 1937: 17, Grimme 1937: 316
Transliteration
zdhnʾktb
wdʿ / bny / b-
rʾ / h- mṯbr / ʿ-
l -h / hʾ
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Translation
By -h/hʾ son of Zdhnʾktb
Wdʿ built the construction
of the grave-chamber on
himself [and] it, the aforementioned, is his
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Grimme: wby for wdʿ. TRANSLATION Lines 1–4. Winnett: '(May God) bless the writer, Wādīʿ! He constructed (and) made the chamber and to him it belongs'; Farès-Drappeau: 'Zdhnʾktb (of the family of) Wdʿ has built the sepulchral chamber, so that is to him'. Lines 2–4. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Al-Qudrah: '(he) settled Baraʾa's sons in the sepulchral chamber and congratulation to him!'; Grimme: '(he) purchased with deposit, built and set up this grave-chamber. So it belongs to him, verily!; Caskel: '(he) built the tomb, by having built. He has done a great effort'. DISCUSSION Ryckmans, G. 1937: 328.
Commentary
Line 3–4. For the word brʾ cf. Sabaic brʾ 'build, construct' (Beeston et al. 1982: 30).

Editio Princeps
Jaussen & Savignac 1914: 445-446

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • Beeston, A.F.L., Ghul, M.A., Müller, W.W. & Ryckmans, J. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Publication of the University of Sanaa, YAR. Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters / Beyrouth: Librairie du Liban, 1982.
  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 83–84
  • [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 170–171 Plate XVIII
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • [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 445–446 Plate LXXXVIII, CXII
  • 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
Building, Funerary, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0034217
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