JSLih 187

Siglum
JSLih 187
Alternative Sigla
Al-Qudrah 1993: 52 no. 157, JaL 129c, Jamme 1968: 40–42, van den Branden 1962: 63, no. 41, CLL 004, Grimme 1937: 284
Transliteration
s²bb ʾrs²
ḥwl mtʿʾl
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Translation
S²bb ʾrs²
Ḥwl Mtʿʾl
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Jaussen & Savignac followed by van den Branden, Caskel and Al-Qudrah: [ʿbd]s²bb rather than s²bb; Jamme 1974: zyms²bb for s²bb; Grimme followed by van den Branden: s²rs² for ʾrs². Lines 1–2. Jamme 1974: s²tʿʾl for mtʿʾl. Line 2. Grimme: lʾʿ for ḥwl and lʾʾtm lwḥ rather than ḥwl mtʿʾl. TRANSLATION Line 1. ʾrs², Caskel: '(he) has given his transport in exchange'; Jamme followed by Al-Qudrah: '(he) has stirred up trouble'. Line 2. ḥwl, van den Branden followed by Al-Qudrah: 'around'; Jamme: 'the experts'.
Commentary
The text appears to have been carved boustrophedon.

Editio Princeps
Jaussen & Savignac 1914: 482

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from right)

Associated Signs
Cartouche

  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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 79
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Minaean Inscriptions Published as Liḥyanite. [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1968. pp 40–42
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 98 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
  • 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
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0035024
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