JSLih 364

Siglum
JSLih 364
Alternative Sigla
Jamme 1968: 52–53
Transliteration
mdhs¹lm zydʾl / bn ṯwbt
wdʿt / bn zyṯmt
l- gs¹mt
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Translation
By / son of Ṯwbt Mdhs¹lm Zydʾl/son of Ṯwbt
Wdʿt/son of Zyṯmt
----gs¹mt
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Language and Script
Ancient South Arabian

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Jaussen & Savignac consider the whole graffito as Dadanitic; Caskel (1954: 31, note 98) considers it as "Minaizing"; Jamme considers the two first lines as Dadanitic, and does not read the last line. Line 3. Jaussen & Savignac: ms¹mt rather than gs¹mt. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 90.
Commentary
The first two lines show a mixture of Minaic letter forms (ʾ, h, z, one d, ṯ) and Dadanitic ones (the d which is second letter in each line, the m at the end of the first name), while the third line is Dadanitic.

Editio Princeps
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  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 31, n. 98
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Minaean Inscriptions Published as Liḥyanite. [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1968. pp 52–53
  • [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 528 Plate CXXXIX
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
#0035782
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