JaL 152

Siglum
JaL 152
Alternative Sigla
Al-Qudrah 1993: 56, no. 178
Transliteration
whbrʿn / nṣb
wasm h- yd
wqṭ
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Translation
Whbrʿn has traced
wasm the arm
and has written
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 1–3. Al-Qudrah: 'Whbrʿn hold up his hand and wrote'.
Commentary
Line 3. The verb wqṭ appears in the base stem, cf. the graffito JaL 157u. It has been written vertically upwards below the letter b of the personal name. It is above the drawing a full arm including the fingers of the hand.

Editio Princeps
Jamme 1974: 14

Technique
Copy only
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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • [JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VI. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 14 Plate 2
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0037064
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