AH 200

Siglum
AH 200
Alternative Sigla
D 163
Transliteration
mrʾlh / w tmlh
bny / mṭr / bnyw
l- ḏġbt / f rḍy
-hm w s¹ʿd -hm
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Translation
Mrʾl and Tmlh
the two sons of Mṭr built
for Ḏġbt and so may he favour
them and may he help them
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The fact that nothing is missing on the left side, shows that the stone had its present shape at the time the text was carved.

Editio Princeps
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 46-48

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 46–48
  • [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 229 Plate XXXI
  • 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
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037787
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