DhI 4
Text Information
- Siglum
- DhI 4
- Transliteration
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gbbm
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
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Gbbm
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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The name gb appears in the ANA texts, suggesting a likely connection. This short inscription is unique because it uses Script 1a in the manner of Script 2, meaning it is written from right to left. Furthermore, it exhibits mimation, a feature typically absent in standard Script 1a
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Twitter: @ahmed6412
- Field Collector
- Ahmed AlMashikhi
- 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
- Name only
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Updated
18 Nov, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'DhI 4.' OCIANA. 18 Nov, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45882. Accessed: 21 Nov, 2025.