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Al-Saʿīd 1419/1999: 4–24, no. 1, side 1-2

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Saʿīd 1419/1999: 4–24, no. 1, side 1-2
Alternative Sigla
Sima 2000: 252–254; Al-Saʿīd 1421/2001: 337–362, no. 1, side 1–2
Transliteration
[ṣ]hb n/bn/n– s¹ʾh ʿbd hdq h- ṣlm [ḏ]h [l]– [ḏ]{ġ}– bt/f rḍ -h w ʾ{ḫ}[r][t] [-h] zdh ʾdq -h
Translation
{Ṣhb– n} son of N– s¹ʾh ʿbd offered this statue {to} {Ḏġ– bt} and so favour him and {his} {posterity} Zdh offered {it}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 4: ʿbd , Al-Saʿīd: '(he) made, (he) set up'; Sima: 'of the lineage of ʿbd', or 'slave, servant'. Lines 11–13: zdh and ʾdqh, Al-Saʿīd: personal names.
Commentary
Sandstone stela.

Provenance
Al-Ḫuraybah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
Sima 2000: 252-254

Technique
In relief

  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Dirāsah taḥlīlīyah li-nuqūš liḥyānīyah ǧadīdah [II]. Maǧallah ǧāmiʿat al-malik saʿūd Al-Ādāb 2, 13, 1421/2001: 333-376.
  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Dirāsah taḥlīlīyah li-nuqūš liḥyānīyah ǧadīdah [I]. Maǧallah ǧāmiʿat al-malik saʿūd Al-Ādāb 2, 11, 1999: 1-38, 6 pls.
  • Sima, A. Neue Beiträge zur lihyanischen Epigraphik I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 11, 2000: 252-260.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036426
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