Sigla: JSLih 053; Grimme 1937: 297–298; CLL 022; Al-Qudrah 1993: 46, no. 133; Scagliarini 1994: 222–227, no. 18; D 012  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
0: [----]
1: ----[h]nʾs¹/bn/s²hr ----
2: ---- [m]lk{t}/lḥyn/ʾṣ{f}----
3: ---- gbl/s²mt/zkr/n----
4: ----l/ w rtm/w brlh/{w}----
5: [----]

Translation
0: [----]
1: ----{Hnʾs¹} son of S²hr ----
2: ---- {queen} of Lḥyn {ʾṣf}----
3: ---- lord of S²mt, may he be remembered (?) n----
4: ----l and Rtm and Brlh {and} ----
5: [----]

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 1. Grimme: w---- at the end of this line.
Line 2. Grimme followed by Caskel and Al-Qudrah: mlky rather than [m]lk{t}; Farès-Drappeau: ----lkt for [m]lk{t}; Grimme: ʾṣ[h]---- rather than ʾṣ{f}----; Al-Qudrah: s¹---- rather than ʾṣ{f}----; Farès-Drappeau: ʾṣ---- rather than ʾṣ{f}----.
Line 3. Jaussen & Savignac: mbl for bgl and nḫs¹ rather than n----; Grimme: ḫmt for s²mt and n[ḫ]---- for n----; Scagliarini: nḫ(s²) rather than n----.
Line 4. Grimme: l rtg w gll d[dn] ---- rather than ----l w rtm w brlh {w}----; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah and Scagliarini: ---- ḏ (?) l w rtg for ---- l w rtm; Farès-Drappeau: trg rather than trm.

TRANSLATION
Lines 2–3. Scagliarini: 'king (?) of Liḥyān ---- the mountain s²mt zkr ----; Farès-Drappeau: 'king of Lḥyn lord of S²mt remembered'.
Lines 2–4. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'the two kings of Liḥyan brought ---- to the mountain with the red streak ---- and a portal and coverage ----'.

DISCUSSION
Déroche 1987: 197, 199.

Commentary
Line 3. Zkr in the Northwest Semitic inscriptions 'remember' (Hoftijzer & Jongeling 1995: 321-329), for Arabic ḏkr and the occurrences in other Semitic languages (see Cohen 1970-: 332–333).

Subjects
Genealogy Historical

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Al-Madīnah
Site: Oasis of al-ʿUlā
Latitude: 26.616667
Longitude: 37.916667
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1909–1910
Field collector: Jaussen & Savignac
Survey: Mission archéologique en Arabie
Notes: Former village of Al-ʿUlā: reused in buildings

References:
Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾlfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī iṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993. Pages: 46 Number: 133

[CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. Pages: 86–87

Cohen, D., Bron, F., Lonnet, A. Dictionnaire des racines sémitiques: ou attestées dans les langues sémitiques: comprenant un fichier comparatif de Jean Cantineau. Paris: Mouton (fascs. 1-2) / Leuven: Peeters (fascs 3–), 1970–. Volume: 4 Pages: 332–333

Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987. Pages: 197, 199

[D] Farès-Drappeau, S. Dédan et Liḥyān. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe–IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la maison de l'Orient, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée — Jean Pouilloux, 2005. Pages: 137–138 Plates: VI

Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322. Pages: 297–298

Hoftijzer, J. & Jongeling, K. Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions. With appendices by R.C. Steiner, A. Mosak Moshavi and B. Porten.. (2 volumes). (Handbuch der Orientalistik, 21). Leiden: Brill, 1995. Pages: 321–329

[JSLih] Jaussen, A. & Savignac, M.R. Mission archéologique en Arabie. I. (Mars-Mai 1907) De Jérusalem au Hedjaz, Médain Saleh. II. El-ʿEla, d'Hégra à Teima Harrah de Tebouk. Texte et Atlas. III. Les châteaux arabes de Quṣeir ʿAmra, Ḫarâneh, et Tûba. (5 volumes). (Publications de la Société Française des Fouilles Archéologiques, 2). [Reprinted Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1997]. Paris: Leroux/Geuthner, 1909–1920. Volume: II Pages: 391–392 Plates: LXXXI, CV

Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. Pages: 222–227 Plates: XVII, XVIII Number: 18

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