JSLih 127

Siglum
JSLih 127
Alternative Sigla
D 029, Al-Qudrah 1993: 31, no. 73, van den Branden 1962: 56, no. 18, CLL 043, Grimme 1937: 283
Transliteration
ʾrs¹ʿd / ʿbd
fmn / ʾl / yḏlmh
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Translation
ʾrs¹ʿd slave of
Fmn of the lineage (?) of Yḏlmh
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Caskel, van den Branden and Al-Qudrah: ʾrs¹wd rather than ʾrs¹ʿd. Line 2. Grimme: [s¹]mn for fmn. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. ʿbd, Caskel followed by van den Branden: '(he) made'; Al-Qudrah: '(he) made (the inscription)'. Line 2. fmn ʾl, Jaussen & Savignac: personal name; ʾl yḏlmh, Grimme: 'One should not dishonour the tomb'; fmn ʾl yḏlmh, Caskel: 'If one stings with the skewer, so he cuts off to him, ears and nose'; van den Branden: 'no body should erase there'; Al-Qudrah: 'and who dares to destroy it?'. Farès-Drappeau does not translate this inscription. DISCUSSION Grimme 1937: 278. Jamme 1971: 21.
Commentary
Line 2. We consider the word ʾl following by a social group as a way for expressing group affiliation, as in Safaitic.

Editio Princeps
Farès-Drappeau 2005: 150

Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

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  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 98
  • [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 150 Plate X
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • [Jamme 1971a] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe I. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1971.
  • [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 467 Plate CXXX
  • 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
Subject
Lineage
Old OCIANA ID
#0034928
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