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Müller, D.H. 1889: 63-64, no. 8

Siglum
Müller, D.H. 1889: 63-64, no. 8
Alternative Sigla
Grimme 1937: 305; CLL 026; Al-Qudrah 1993: 46–47, no. 135; D 022
Transliteration
[----] h- qymh/mgdl/ḏġbt/bnyw/bt/h- ṣn---- l- ḏġbt/f rḍ -hmy/w s¹ʿd -hmy/w ʾḫrt -hmy/s¹nt/ʾḥdy/b- rʾy/ḏʾs¹{l}ʿn/t– {l}my/bn/lḏn/mlk/lḥyn/ḏ bḫ
Translation
[----] the administrators Mgdl Ḏġbt, they built the sanctuary of the ---- to Ḏġbt and so favour them both and help them both and their descen– dants in year one [1] in the government of {Ḏʾs¹lʿn} {T- lmy} son of Lḏn king of Lḥyn of the lineage of Bḫ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
The lines number below refer to the OCIANA reading not those of Müller, D.H. TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.: mmdl for mgdl and h- ṣnm for h- ṣn----; Grimme: ṯ[b]rt for h- ṣn----; Al-Qudrah does not read the beginning of this line. Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by Grimme: rṭ -hmy for rḍ -hmy. Line 3. Müller, D.H.: f rṭ rather than f rḍ. Line 4. Müller, D.H.: ḫgrʾy for b- rʾy; Müller, D.H., followed by Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ḏ ʾs¹fʿn for ḏʾs¹{l}ʿn; Grimme: ḏʾf[l]ʿn rather than ḏʾs¹lʿn. Lines 4–5: Müller, D.H. followed by Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: tḫmy for tlmy. TRANSLATION Line 1. bt, Müller, D.H.: as 'temple'; mgdl, Grimme: 'majesty'; Caskel: 'towers building'; Farès-Drappeau: 'built the niche of the statue'. Lines 2–3. w s¹ʿd -hmy w ʾḫrt -hmy, Müller, D.H.: 'two welfares and to the memory of both'; f rḍ -hmy w s¹ʿd -hmy, Caskel: 'two life spans, fortune to both them'; ʾḫrt -hmy, Farès-Drappeau: '(he) guided them'. Line 4. ḏ bḫ, Grimme: exclamation expression; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'so he may be commemorated in good'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 109, 225. Macdonald 2004: 514 §4.2.3.2 (14); 522. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The expression b- rʾy ḏʾs¹lʿn occurs also in AH 244 and Al-Ḫuraybah 10.

Provenance
The former village of Al-ʿUlā
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
In relief

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  • 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 144–145
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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Historical, Isolated Prayer, Lineage (ancestor), Religion, Structure
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036388
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