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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Tall al-Kaṯīb, no. 1

Text Information

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

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.

Provenance
Tall al-Kaṯīb
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
In relief

  • 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
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0037613
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