JSLih 158

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Jaussen & Savignac: TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. : 'the vegetable garden and its watering well and the wall of ḥima';

Grimme: hlḥm{y} ws²rbt s¹wd hlḥmy

Jamme: s¹lḥ mqw s²r bts¹ wd(r) s¹lḥ my

Scagliarini: s²mtʾhl for s²mtʾl.

Müller, W. 1980: 70, 1982: 22: the graffito is a writing exercise of the alphabet in the South Arabian order.

Macdonald 1986: 112–115 for full reading of the inscription an discussion in context.

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[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 474–475 Plate CXXXI
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[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 [unpublished thesis]. 1994.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. 41 pp 326–329 Plate XXXIII

Updated 29 Sep, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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