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Müller, D.H. 1889: 83-84, no. 57

Text Information

Siglum
Müller, D.H. 1889: 83-84, no. 57
Alternative Sigla
Eut 839 + 840 + 841; Doughty 1884, pl. XIII, f. 23; Jamme 1974: 89
Transliteration
ḥyt/ms¹k w/ḥmʾl/fḥs² yh----mʿ/ḫlṣ/w bl/ʿm[r]tʿ/w wlʾl/qbl/w nfy/ʿmm
Translation
Ḥyt Ms¹k and Ḥmʾl Fḥs² yh---- Ḫlṣ and Bl {ʿmrtʿ} and Wlʾl Qbl and Nfy ʿmm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.: ḥqt for ḥyt. Line 3. Jamme: {w}hb[r]mʿ for yh----mʿ and {ʿ}lʾl for wlʾl. Jamme considers lines 1-2 as one text and lines 3-4 as another one. TRANSLATION Line 3. Müller, D.H.: '(he) would be free and honour with good'. Lines 3–4. Jamme: '[of the family] Ḫāliṣ, and Ball [of the family] ʿAmmarataʿ and {ʿU}llʾil [of the family of] Qābil, and Nafay [of the family] ʿAmam'.
Commentary
The group name ʿmrtʿ occurs many times in the Minaic and Dadanitic inscriptions from al-ʿUlā, see for example JSMin 11/6, 69, 86, 94, etc. and JSLih 245, 276, 281, 288, U 072, U 090, AHUD 1

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Original Translation Credit
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Technique
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  • Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 89 Plate 39A/B
  • 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.
  • Doughty, C.M. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le nord de l'Arabie. Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques 29:1, 1884: 1–64, pls I–LVII.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036404
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