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Al-Ḫuraybah 14

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Ḫuraybah 14
Alternative Sigla
RoA 120
Transliteration
---- h- ṣyġ/h wdq/h- m– ṯlt/l- ḏ– ġbt/f {r}– ḍ{y} {-h}/{w} ----
Translation
---- the metalsmith offe– red the substitute to Ḏ– ġbt and {may he favour} {him} {and} ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Al-Ḫuraybah 14: Line 7. Al-Saʿīd: s¹ʿd -h in this line. TRANSLATION S. Farès in RoA: h-mṯlt "this statuette" for "this substitute" Al-Ḫuraybah 14: Lines 2–3: h- mṯlt as 'the sculpture image'.
Commentary
For another example of the offering of a substitute see JSLih 049 and the commentary there.

Provenance
Said in 1434–1435/2013–2014 to be from Al-Ḫuraybah, but with no further details.
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

  • Al-Ghabbān, A.I., André-Salvini, B., Demange, F., Juvin C., & Cotty, M. Roads of Arabia. Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 14 July — 27 September, 2010. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2010 No. 120 pp 284
  • Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Nuqūš dādān: dalālah wa-ʾl-maḍmūn. Pages 281-302 in Al-Saʿīd, S.F. & Al-Ghazī, ʿA. (eds), Kunūz aṯariyyah min dādān. Natāʾiǧ tanqībāt al-mawāsim al-sabaʿah al-ūlā. Volume 2. (Dirāsāt āṯāriyyah mīydāniyyah, 1). Riyadh: Al-ǧamʿiyah al-saʿūdiyyah li-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah, 1434–1435/2013–2014. No. 6 pp 296–297
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ (338, D.5)
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0038732
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