JSLih 041

Siglum
JSLih 041
Alternative Sigla
D 004, Scagliarini 1994: 168–177, no. 7, Al-Qudrah 1993: 49, no. 146, CLL 071, Grimme 1937: 304
Transliteration
ʿbdġt / bn / zdl-
h / s¹mm / qrb / h- ṣlm
l- ḏġbt / b- h- brḥt
brḥ / bt ḏ- ʿly h- s²ʾn-
t / mʿ gbl / ddn / h- {s²}{ʾ}[n]
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Translation
By S²ʾn son of ʿbdġt son of Zdl-
h S¹mm offered the statue
to Ḏġbt, with the honour
[with which] the illustrious house of the lineage of ʿly is honoured
in company with the {illustrious} lord of Ddn
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 4. Caskel: hs²ʾḏ rather than hs²ʾn. Line 5. Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme: mʿmbl rather than mʿ gbl; Scagliarini: h- n(ʾ) for h- {s²}{ʾ}[n]; Farès-Drappeau: h- (nt) for h- {s²}{ʾ}[n]. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. zdlh s¹mm, Caskel: 'Zdlh son of S¹mm'; Farès-Drappeau: 'Zdlh of the family of S¹mm'. Line 2. s¹mm, Grimme: 'to be high', qrb 'to create'. Lines 3–4. Grimme: 'in the forecourt, then he has extended in the temple of the admirable town of al-ʿUlā'; Caskel: 'for the sake of the mischief, he allowed to befall to the temple of the venerable majesty'; Al-Qudrah: 'in the yard, the yard of temple of the venerable dignity'; Scagliarini: 'brḥt brḥ the temple ḏū ʾly h s²ʾnt'; Farès-Drappeau: 'with which she is honoured, may be exalted the illustrious house'. Line 5. Grimme: 'with the (noble) Dedan, the admirable'; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'together with the venerable community of Dedan'; Scagliarini: 'with the mountain of Ddn ----'; Farès-Drappeau: 'with the mountain of Ddn. May it be happy'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 106. Macdonald 2004: 524 §5.1.1.1 (18). Scagliarini 2007: 254. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 5. The inscription is damaged and therefore the reading of this line is not clear. On the photograph the strokes of the n are separated compared to the s² in line 4. The last letter in this line is t rather than ʾ, see the diagonal stroke on its left side.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

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Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Lineage, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037789
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