JaL 161 a

Siglum
JaL 161 a
Alternative Sigla
D 084, Scagliarini 1994: 73–75, Al-Qudrah 1993: 57, n. 189, Déroche 1987: 132–133, HE 01
Transliteration
l s²ʿt /
ʿlʾl / kʿ-
mn h- mqʿd k-
ll -h / f ʿrr
ḏġbt / ʿr-
r / h- s¹fr / ḏh
OCIANA
Translation
To the party of
ʿlʾl Kʿ-
mn belongs the whole sitting-
place and so may Ḏġbt
dishonour him who
dishonours this inscription
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ʿlʾl kʿmn, Harding: 'ʿAliʾel (belongs) Kʿmn'; Jamme followed by Al-Qudrah: 'ʿUllʾil [of the family of Kaʿmān'. Line 3. h- mqʿd, Jamme: 'the foot of the mountain'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 2004: 512 (9), 516 §4.2.6.1; 518 §4.3.2; 523 §4.4.3; 525 §5.1.3. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Editio Princeps
HE 1

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of JaL 161b/c/d/e/g

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾalfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [D] 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 185
  • [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 36 Plate 19 and fig. 7
  • 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. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VI. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 21 Plate 4
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • [NAU] Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. pp 73–75
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Curse, Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037147
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