Tall al-Kaṯīb, no. 1

Text Information

Siglum
Tall al-Kaṯīb, no. 1
Transliteration
[----]
---- ʾfkl / hk----
---- f rḍt / w ʾḫr[t]----
th----
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Translation
[----]
---- priest of Hk----
---- and so may (the deity) favour and {posterity} ----
th----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Al-Zahrānī: [tby] at the beginning of this line. Line 3. Al-Zahrānī (and line 4): ʾḫrt -h rather than ʾḫr[t]---- .
Commentary
The last line begins below the middle of those above it. The inscription is broken on all sides.

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

  • [Tall al-Kaṯīb] Al-Zahrānī, ʾA.ʿA.Al-S. Tall al-Kaṯīb bi-ʾl-ʿUlā. Dirāsāt āṯāriyyah muqarnah. Riyāḍ: Wakālat al-āṯār wa-ʾl-matāḥif, 2007/1428. pp 255–261 Plate 105–106
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037613
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA