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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 200

Text Information

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

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.

Provenance
Jabal Umm Daraǧ
Original Reading Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 46-48
Original Translation Credit
Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 46-48

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 46–48
  • 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
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0037787
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