JSLih 124

Siglum
JSLih 124
Alternative Sigla
D 028, Scagliarini 1994: 320–323, no. 39, Al-Qudrah 1993: 52, no. 160, JaL 071, van den Branden 1962: 67–68, no. 61, Grimme 1937: 281
Transliteration
khf / l- ʿḏrʾl / b- ʿly
OCIANA
Translation
Cave tomb of ʿḏrʾl at ʿly
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION bʿly, Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme suggested that the place name ʿly refers to the modern name of al-ʿUlā; van den Branden followed by Al-Qudrah: 'my lord'; Jamme: 'son of ʿAlay'.
Commentary
In relation to Jaussen & Savignac and Grimme's suggestion that the place name h-ʿly could be the origin of modern al-ʿUlā that nouns formed with ʾalif maqṣūrah in Classical Arabic are usually spelt with final -y in Ancient North Arabian, e.g. Arabic banā, Dadanitic bny (see Macdonald 2004: 501 §3.1.4). However, at present, this interpretation of the toponym can be no more than a hypothesis.

Editio Princeps
Jaussen & Savignac 1914: 466

Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
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  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • [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 149–150 Plate X
  • 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 63 Plate 16
  • [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 466 Plate LXXXIX, CXXIX
  • 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.
  • [NAU] Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. No. 39 pp 320–323
  • Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions dédanites. (Publications de l'université libanaise - Section des études historiques, 8). Beyrouth : Imprimerie catholique, 1962.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Funerary, Place-name, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0034923
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