JSLih 079

Siglum
JSLih 079
Alternative Sigla
D 060, Al-Qudrah 1993: 50, no. 149, Jamme 1974: 128, W.Dad 06, CLL 076, Grimme 1937: 312 (link side), Müller, D.H. 1889: 79, no. 34 (link side), Eut 793a
Transliteration
mrrh / w ḥṭrh / bnw
nṭr / ʾḫḏw / h- qb-
r / ḏh / hm / w ʾḫw -hm / f
mrr mrrh / w ḥ{ṭ}{r}h
w nʾs¹
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Translation
By Nʾs¹ son of Mrrh and Ḥṭrh sons of
Nṭr took possession
of this grave. They and their two brothers and so
Mrr Mrrh and {Ḥṭrh}
and Nʾs¹
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Müller, D.H. followed by Grimme consider this inscription and JSLih 080, as one text. Line 1. Müller, D.H.: mrlh for mrrh; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ḥḍrh for ḥṭrh; Winnett & Reed: ḥṭlh for ḥṭrh; Jamme: ḥykh rather than ḥṭrh. Line 2. Müller, D.H.: h ʿb----ry for h- qb–; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Caskel and Al-Qudrah: nḍr for nṭr. Line 3. Al-Qudrah: ʾḫ -hm rather than ʾḫw -hm. Line 4. Müller, D.H.: mrlh ʿwḥġ for mrr mrrh; Grimme, followed by Jamme and Al-Qudrah, does not read the word mrr at the beginning of this line; Caskel: [----rr], Farès-Drappeau: (ʿ)rr; Jaussen & Savignac: ḥblh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Grimme followed by Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ḥḍrh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Winnett & Reed: ḥṭlh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Jamme: mrlh w ḥblh for mrrh w ḥ{ṭ}{r}h. Lines 5–6. Winnett & Reed consider these lines belonging to JSLih 080, he reads ḥṭlh rather than ḥ{ṭ}{r}h. TRANSLATION Lines 3–5. Jamme: 'tomb, they and their cousins, ʿAmarlah, and Ḥubblah and Nuʾās¹'. Line 4. mrr, Winnett & Reed: 'in perpetuity'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1937: 12. Déroche 1987: 106.
Commentary
Due to the poor condition of the photograph, the reading here is based on the facsimile in Jaussen & Savignac (1909-1920, ii, pl. CX). Line 3. The diphthong (*-ay) is not represented in media in Dadanitic, therefore the word ʾḫw -hm could represent either the dual 'their two brothers' or the plural 'their brothers' (see Macdonald 2004: 503 §4.1.2.1).

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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of JSLih 080

  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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 112–113
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [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 171–172 Plate XVIII
  • 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 128
  • [Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Plate 36C
  • [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 446–449 Plate LXXXV, CX
  • 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.
  • [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.
  • [W.Dad] Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. No. 6 pp 123–124 Plate 24, 25
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Funerary, Genealogy, Relatives, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0034220
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