JSLih 277

Siglum
JSLih 277
Alternative Sigla
D 076, Al-Qudrah 1993: 40, no. 102, CLL 104
Transliteration
ḏ ʿl{m} {ʾ}fkl l{t}
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Translation
ḏ {ʿlm} {priest of} {Lt}
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḏʿlm, Jaussen & Savignac followed by Farès-Drappeau: personal name; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: ḏ as 'this'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 2004: 509, for ḏ as an apotropaic sign.
Commentary
It is possible that the final letter is h and so the author was a priest of lh (see JSLih 061).

Editio Princeps
Jaussen & Savignac 1914: 506

Technique
Copy only
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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 128
  • [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 181 Plate XXII
  • [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 506 Plate CXXXV
  • 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.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Apotropaic sign, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0035133
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