JSLih 045

Siglum
JSLih 045
Alternative Sigla
D 007, Scagliarini 1994: 186–191, no. 11, Al-Qudrah 1993: 49, no. 147, Déroche 1987: 128-129, Drewes 1983: 428, no. 12, CLL 074, Winnett 1937: 15, Grimme 1937: 312, Müller, D.H. 1889: 64–66, no. 9, Doughty 1884, pl. XII, f. 21
Transliteration
ʿbdḫrg / bn / flh / zdḏġbt / bny / h-
kfr / l- -h / w l- wrṯ -h / h- kfr / ḏh / kll -h
w ʾḫḏ / h- mṯbrn / s¹nt / ṯtn / l- tlmy / bn / h-
n{ʾ}{s¹}
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / ʿbdḫrg son of Flh Zdḏġbt built this
tomb for him and for his posterity, the whole of this tomb
and took possession of the two grave-chambers the second year (the reign of) Tlmy son of {H-
nʾs¹}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Müller, D.H.: b- [ʾ]m -h rather than bny; Jaussen & Savignac: b- ns¹ -h for bny. Line 3. Grimme: ṯmn for ṯtn. TRANSLATION Line 1. zd ḏġbt, Müller, D.H.: 'priest of Ḏġbt'; Jaussen & Savignac: 'supplier, purveyor? of Ḏġbt'; Winnett: 'May Ḏū Ġabat bless him'; flh, Grimme: 'the selected'. Line 2. kfr, Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac: '(they) dug'; flh zdḏġbt, Caskel: 'Fallā (b.) Zaid-Ḏū-ġābat'; Al-Qudrah followed by Farès-Drappeau: 'Flh (of the family of) Zdḏġbt'. Line 3. ʾḫḏ, Grimme: '(he) has earned commercially'; h- mṯbrn, Grimme, followed by Déroche and Farès-Drappeau: 'this grave-chamber'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 102, 104, 106, 208. Macdonald 2004: 503 §4.1.2.1; 514 § 4.2.3.2 (14), 522.
Commentary
Line 4. This line is incised in the frame at the bottom of the inscription.

Editio Princeps
Winnett 1937: 15

Technique
Mixed relief & 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
Date (s¹nt), Funerary, Genealogy, Historical, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0037791
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