TES22_HA1 1

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TES22_HA1 1
Transliteration
l s¹blt w gls¹ ḏ
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Translation
By S¹blt and he halted here
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Commentary

ḏ: This is previously attested in Hismaic as a demonstrative pronoun (cf. CAr ḏā) but here it is best understood as a demonstrative adverb, 'here'. Safaitic attests the construction bḏ /be-ḏā/ with a similar meaning. 

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
Ahmad Al-Jallad and Hythem Sidky

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Vertical

Associated Drawings
Naked large-scale man and woman; figures with arms raised; horsemen
Associated Inscriptions

  • [TES22_HA1] Ancient North Arabian inscriptions documented at Haḍabat al-ʿAbd (site 1) on the Tabuk Area Epigraphic Survey 2022 by Ahmad Al-Jallad and Hythem Sidky
Site
Haḍabat al-ʿAbd 1, Tabūk Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
February 2022
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Updated 22 Oct, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'TES22_HA1 1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 22 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47898. Accessed: 22 Oct, 2026.