JSLih 042

Siglum
JSLih 042
Alternative Sigla
D 005, Scagliarini 1994: 177–180, no. 8, Al-Qudrah 1993: 46, no. 134, CLL 023
Transliteration
ns¹ʾlh / bn / y----
l- ḏġbt / f rḍ -h ----
b- h- bt / ḏh / mn / ʾn{s¹}----
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / Ns¹ʾlh son of Y----
to Ḏġbt and so favour him ----
in this sanctuary of {ʾns¹----}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Jaussen & Savignac: f rṭ -h for f rḍ -h. TRANSLATION Line 2. Caskel: 'two life-spans [fortune and descendants] for him ....'; Al-Qudrah: '[(he) offered the statue] for Ḏġbt'; Scagliarini followed by Farès-Drappeau: 'so he has been satisfied of him'. Line 3. Jaussen & Savignac: 'for the gift from here, on behalf of ʾAnas¹(ʾilah)...'; Scagliarini followed by Farès-Drappeau: 'in this temple on behalf of ʾns¹'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 108. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The left side of the inscription is broken.

Editio Princeps
Farès-Drappeau 2005: 132-133

Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾlfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī iṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • [CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. pp 87
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [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 132–133 Plate III
  • 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
  • [JSTham] Jaussen, A. & Savignac, M.R. Mission archéologique en Arabie. I. (Mars-Mai 1907) De Jérusalem au Hedjaz, Médain Saleh. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima Harrah de Tebouk. Texte et Atlas. III. Les châteaux arabes de Quṣeir ʿAmra, Ḫarâneh, et Tûba. (5 volumes). (Publications de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques, 2). [Reprinted Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1997]. Paris: Leroux/Geuthner, 1909–1920. Vol. II pp 373 Plate LXXX
  • [NAU] Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. No. 8 pp 177–180 Plate VII
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1909–1910
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0037790
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