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Müller, D.H. 1889: 78, no. 29

Text Information

Siglum
Müller, D.H. 1889: 78, no. 29
Alternative Sigla
Grimme 1937: 307; CLL 063; Al-Qudrah 1993: 48, no. 142; Scagliarini 1994: 71–73; D 026
Transliteration
[----] [m][l]k/lḥyn/f ʿrr/h---- ʿ{/}mn/ʿrr/h- kfr/ḏh
Translation
[----] {king of} Lḥyn and so dishonours h---- ʿ whoever dishonours this tomb

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Müller, D.H.: ----[f r]ṭ[-h] ---- s¹n[t] and Al-Qudrah: ----m in the previous illegible line. Line 2. Caskel: lk rather than [ml]k. Lines 2–3. Grimme: h [s¹]mn rather than ʿ mn; Scagliarini: [lm]n for ʿ mn.

Provenance
The former village of Al-ʿUlā
Original Reading Credit
CLL 063
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
In relief

  • Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 104–105
  • 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 146–147
  • Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. pp 71–73
  • 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.
  • Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322.
  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Funerary, Historical, Isolated Prayer, Structure
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036400
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