Jacobson D.1.4

Siglum
Jacobson D.1.4
Transliteration
h ltm ʾt ʾḥylt
OCIANA
Translation
O Lt you are ʾḥylt
OCIANA
Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Commentary

ltm: A special vocative form of the divine name allāt, allātumma, parallel to allāhumma (see King 1990, §C.8).

ʾt: This is the second person pronoun ʾatti < ʾanti, exhibiting n-assimilation.

ʾḥylt: This appears to be an epithet of Allāt attributing to her the quality of 'life'. The exact identity of the term ʾḥy is unclear. Allāh takes the epithet 'living' in the Safaitic inscription SIJ 293 (Al-Jallad 2025c: 11-12).

This type of invocation, equating a god with its epithet, is so far unique. 

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
David Jacobson

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Right to left

  • Al-Jallad, A. Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2025c: 1-56.
  • Jacobson, D.M. Three Roman Client Kings: Herod of Judea, Archelaus of Cappadocia and Juba of Mauretania. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 133, 2001: 22-38.
  • [AMJ] King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Unknown, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0052510
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Updated 07 Jun, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'Jacobson D.1.4.' OCIANA. 07 Jun, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/21981. Accessed: 23 Jun, 2025.