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W.Dad 16

Text Information

Siglum
W.Dad 16
Alternative Sigla
Al-Qudrah 1993: 53, no. 163; D 041
Transliteration
wny/bn/fs¹y tqṭ/mʿ ḏ mʿly/f rḍy -h w s¹ʿd -h/w ʾḫrt -h
Translation
Wny son of Fs¹y wrote in company with this one of the lineage of Mʿly and so may (the deity) favour him and help him and his posterity

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 3. ḏ mʿly, Winnett & Reed: 'Him-on-high'; ʾḫrt -h, Winnett & Reed: '(he) guide him'.
Commentary
The photograph is of poor quality.

Provenance
Al-ʿUlā station. Opposite of Km 980
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

  • 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 155
  • Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. No. 16 pp 129 Plate 24, 25
  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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
Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036487
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