SHI 29

Siglum
SHI 29
Alternative Sigla
Potts 1990, II: 78, Winnett (in Cornwall 2)
Transliteration
*wgr / w qbr / šbm / bnt / ṣḥr / bn / ʿnnhl / bn / {s²}mt / ḏʾt / ʾl / ydʿb / 90 /
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Translation
By / son of / The tombstone and grave of Šbm the daughter of Ṣḥr the son of ʿnnhl the son of {S²mt} of the lineage of Ydʿb 90
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Language and Script
Hasaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḏʾt ʾl, Winnett (in Cornwall 2): '(she) of the people of'; Potts took Winnett's translation.
Commentary
According to Sima (2002: 183), neither photograph nor copy is available. He restores the text based on the Winnett's translation (in Cornwall 2).

Editio Princeps
Sima 2002: 182–193

  • [Winnett] Cornwall, P.B. Ancient Arabia: Explorations in Hasa, 1940-1941. Geographical Journal 107, 1946: 28-50.
  • Potts, D.T. The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity. (2 volumes). Oxford: Clarendon, 1990.
  • [SHI] Sima, A. Die hasaitischen Inschriften. Pages 167-200 in N. Nebes (ed.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Erstes Arbeitstreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 11. bis 13. September 2000 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002.
Site
Al-Qaṭīf, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Building, Funerary, Genealogy, Lineage, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0047095
Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA