JaL 006

Siglum
JaL 006
Alternative Sigla
Al-Qudrah 1993: 54, no. 169, HE 84, Jamme 1970: 111–112, van den Branden 1969: 68, no. 30, Altheim & Stiehl 1968: 24–25
Transliteration
----[b]ny / h- bt / {l-} ḏġbt ----[s¹][ʿ]{d} / w ʾḫrt
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Translation
By H- son of / ---- {built} the sanctuary {for} Ḏġbt ---- {help} and posterity
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 2. [s¹][ʿ]{d} w ʾḫrt, Altheim and Stiehl followed by Al-Qudrah: 'the happiness and the prosperity'; ʾḫrt, van den Branden: '(he) has guided'; Jamme: '(he) has guided'; Harding: 'guidance'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • 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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • Altheim, F. & Stiehl, R. Die Araber in der Alten Welt. (5 volumes). Berlin: de Gruyter, 1964-1969.
  • [HE] Harding, G.L. The Thamudic and Liḥyanite Texts (p. 36-52, 60-61, pl. 19-25) in P.J. Parr, G.L. Harding, J.E. Dayton, Preliminary Survey in N.W. Arabia, 1968. Part II: Epigraphy. Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London 10, 1971: 36-61, pl. 19-31. pp 51–52 Plate 23
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. M. del C. The divine names at Dadan: a philological approach. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 46, 2016: 125–136
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Liḥyanite, Sabaean and Thamudic Inscriptions from Western Saudi Arabia. Pre-Islamic Arabic Documentation, I. Rivista degli Studi Orientali 45, 1970: 91-113, pl. 1-10. pp 111–112 Plate II
  • Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq 63, 1969: 67-79.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0036687
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