JSLih 186

Siglum
JSLih 186
Alternative Sigla
Doughty 1884, pl. XIV, f. 25, Halévy 1884: 18, no. 3, Müller, D.H. 1889: 87, no. 71, Grimme 1937: 284, CLL 003, van den Branden 1962: 62–63, no. 40, W.Dad 13, JaL 129e, Al-Qudrah 1993: 51–52, no. 156, D 039
Transliteration
mtʿʾl / bn ḏrḥʾl
h-nʿm / ḥwl
ʿzʾrl / {n}tndd
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of Ḏrḥʾl Mtʿʾl son of Ḏrḥʾl
Hnʿm Ḥwl
ʿzʾrl {Ntndd}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.:ʾwḥʾl for ḏrḥʾl. Line 2. Grimme: [ḏ b] at the end of this line. Line 3. Müller, D.H.: ʿzʾ----l for ʿzrʾl and ṯtndd rather than ntndd; Jaussen & Savignac: ʿzʿrk rather than ʿzʾrl; Grimme: [w]dʾ[l] for ʿzʾrl and bntndd for ntndd; Caskel followed by van den Branden, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ʿd ʾrk for ʿzʾrl; Winnett & Reed: ʿd ʾrl for ʿzʾrl and htndd for ntndd; Jamme: ʿdʿrs¹ for ʿzʾrl and ḫtndd for ntndd. TRANSLATION Line 2. hnʿm, Grimme: '(he) left amicably'; Caskel: '(he) has suspended favour (payment) for his transport'; van den Branden followed by Al-Qudrah: '(he) did good'; Winnett & Reed: 'May the power '; Jamme: '(he) has pleased'; Farès-Drappeau: 'the happiness ----'. DISCUSSION Grimme 1937: 278.

Commentary

Line 3: It is possible that ʿḏʾrl is a mistake for ʿḏrʾl. The first letter of the last name is clearly a ḫ, but it is possible that this is an error for n.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Signs
The inscription is partially enclosed in a cartouche. There is a circle at the end of line 3.

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾalfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī ʾiṭār 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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 78
  • [Do] Doughty, C.M. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le nord de l'Arabie. Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques 29:1, 1884: 1–64, pls I–LVII.
  • [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 154–155 Plate XI
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • Halévy, J. Découvertes épigraphiques en Arabie. Revue des études juives 9, 1884: 1-20.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 98–99 Plate 25
  • [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 482 Plate CXXXII
  • 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.
  • Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions dédanites. (Publications de l'université libanaise - Section des études historiques, 8). Beyrouth : Imprimerie catholique, 1962.
  • [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. 13 pp 127–129 Plate 24, 25
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0035023
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