DhI 1

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Siglum
DhI 1
Transliteration
l- dhn ʿgr lbb{m}
ḫḍfnhrtqhby----
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Translation
By Dhn, ʿgr is beloved
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Language and Script
Dhofari 2

Interpretation

Commentary

Both the names dhn and ʿgr are well attested in the Ancient North Arabian inscriptions. The lbb formula is also recurring in Dhofari and also in Himaitic. While the second line is fully readable, its interpretation cannot be determined as it is consists entirely of hapax legomena. Other attestations of these sequences are required in order to properly parse the sequence. 

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Technique
Painted
Direction of Script
Right to left

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script: Three halḥam abecedaries and the first glimpses into the corpus. Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux (JEOL) 49, 2025d: 119-147
  • Al-Jallad, A. Preliminary Notes on Script 2 of the Dhofari Epigraphic Complex: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17276961.
Site
Jabal al-Qamar, Rayḫūt province , Dhofar Governorate, Oman
Date Found
2023
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Query (subject uncertain)
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'DhI 1.' OCIANA. 18 Nov, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45879. Accessed: 21 Nov, 2025.