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Al-Saʿīd 2011.1

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Saʿīd 2011.1
Alternative Sigla
Al-Theeb 2013: 22–23; Al-Saʿīd 2014: 288–292, no. 2
Transliteration
ʿṣy/mlk ddn/fʿl l- ṭḥln
Translation
ʿṣy king of Ddn made (it) for Ṭḥln

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription was carved on one side of the stone and Al-Saʿīd 2011.2 on the other.

Provenance
Al-Ḫuraybah
Original Reading Credit
Al-Said 2011: 196-200
Original Translation Credit
Al-Said 2011: 196-200

Technique
In relief

  • Al-Ḏīyīb [Al-Theeb], S.A. Al-ḫuraybah (dadan) ʿāṣimat mamlakatay dadān wa-liḥyān. Al-taqrīr al-ūlā li-l-mawsim al-ṯāmin 2011m. (Silsilat al-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah al-maydāniyyah). Al-Riyāḍ: Iṣdārāt al-ǧamīʿah al-suʿūdiyyah l-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah, 2013. pp 22 (fig. 1, 2), 23
  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Recent epigraphic evidence from the excavations at Al-ʿUlā reveals a new king of Dadān. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 22, 2011: 196-200.
  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. & Al-Ghāzī, ʿA. (eds) Kunūz aṯariyyah min dādān. Natāʾiǧ tanqībāt al-mawāsim al-sabaʿah al-ūlā. (2 volumes).(Dirāsāt āṯāriyyah mīdāniyyah, 1). Riyadh: Al-ǧamʿiyah al-saʿūdiyyah li-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah, 1434-1435/2013-2014.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ (1,d.1)
Subjects
Deity, Historical, Place-name, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036495
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