Sigla: JSLih 072; Eut 831; Doughty 1884, pl. XVI, f. 29; Müller, D.H. 1889: 71–72, no. 23; Grimme 1937: 313–314; CLL 077; Déroche 1987: 131–132; Jamme 1974: 146, note 155; Robin 1991–1993: 118; Al-Qudrah 1993: 36, no. 91; D 053  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: ʾbʾlf/b[n] ḥyw kbr
2: h- dʿt/s²ʿt/hnṣ/w rb -h–
3: m/ḥrmnḥr/bn/wḫy{m}/kb–
4: ry/s²ʿt/hnṣ/ʾḫḏw/h- mkn
5: w h- mqʿd/ḏh/kll -h/mn/mʿ–
6: n/h- gbl/hnʾʿly/ʿdky
7: mʿ{n}/h- gbl/hnʾs¹{l}l f
8: rḍ -hm/s¹nt/ḫms¹/b- rʾy
9: ʿbdn/hnʾs¹

Translation
1: ʾbʾlf {son of} Ḥyw the kabir
2: of the adviser of the party of Hnṣ and their
3: lord Ḥrmnḥr son of {Wḫym} the two kabirs
4: of the party of Hnṣ took possession of the place
5: and also of this sitting-place entirely from the boundary
6: of the lord Hnʾʿly up to
7: the {boundary} of the lord {Hnʾs¹ll} and so
8: favour them in the year five under the government
9: of ʿbdn Hnʾs¹

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 1. Müller, D.H.: qṭnkl for ḥyw.
Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by Grimme, Caskel, Déroche, Jamme, Robin and Al-Qudrah: h- s²ʿt for h- dʿt; Grimme: hnḥ for hnṣ.
Line 3. Müller, D.H.: ṯ----rmnḥr for ḥrmnḥr and ṯ---ḫl for wẓy{m}; Grimme: ḫyl for ḫy{m}; Caskel: wḫ---- rather than wḫy{m}; Jamme: ḥṭm for wḫy{m}; Al-Qudrah: wḫ(m) for wḫy{m}.
Line 4. Müller, D.H.: mkl for mkn; Grimme: hnk for hnṣ; Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: hns¹ for hnṣ.
Line 6. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac and Grimme: h- mbl for h- gbl; Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac: mdk for ʿdky.
Lines 6–7. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, Grimme, Caskel, Déroche, Jamme, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: mʿd for mʿ{n}.
Line 7. Müller, D.H.: h- mbl for h- gbl and hnʾs¹ll for hns¹{f}l; Jaussen & Savignac: hnʾs¹lm for hns¹{f}l; Grimme: h- mbl for h- gbl and hnʾ s¹lm for hns¹{f}l.
Line 8. Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac, and Grimme: rṭ -hm for rḍ -hm.

TRANSLATION
Lines 5–7. Caskel followed by Al-Qudrah: 'the entirely place including the top rank of the people's assembly to the below rank of the people's assembly'; Déroche: 'the entirely place from the right side of the mountain, the highest to lowest side of the mountain'; Jamme followed by Robin: 'and the foundation, all of it, from the highest place of the mountain to the lowest side of the mountain'; Farès-Drappeau: 'the entirely place from mʿn at the top of the mountain to mʿd at the bottom of the mountain'.
Line 8. rḍ-hm, Caskel: 'two life-spans'; Jamme: 'May he grace them!'; Robin: 'for their pleasure'.

DISCUSSION
Ryckmans, G. 1937: 327.
Winnett 1937: 17–18 (Line 6-7).
Déroche 1987: 105, 208, 274–275.
Macdonald 2004: 503, 519, 525, 526.

Commentary
Due to the poor condition of the photograph, the reading here is based on the facsimile in Jaussen & Savignac (1909-1920, ii, pl. CIX).
Line 2. The translation of the word dʿt in sense of 'adviser' is from Jaussen & Savignac.
Line 5–6. The translation of the word mʿn in sense of 'place, boundary' is from Jaussen & Savignac.

Subjects
Date (s1nt) Genealogy Prayer Religion Structure

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: Ǧabal al-Ḫuraybah: on a large vertical cliff face, several hundred metres east of the ruins of Al-Ḫuraybah
Associated Inscriptions: It is above JSLih 074bis

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: 36 Number: 91

[CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. Pages: 113–114

Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987. Pages: 105, 208, 131-132, 274-275

Doughty, C.M. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le nord de l'Arabie. Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques 29:1, 1884: 1–64, pls I–LVII. Plates: XVI, f. 29

[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: 164–166 Plates: XV

Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322. Pages: 313–314

[Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Plates: 38C

Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Pages: 146, note 155

[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: 427–434 Plates: LXXXVIIbis, CIX

Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pages: 503, 519, 525–526

Müller, D.H. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (nach Abklatschen und Copien des Herrn Professor Dr. Julius Euting in Strassburg). Borgelegt in der Sitzung am 9. Mai 1888. (Denkschriften der (kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 37.2). Wien: Tempsky, 1889. Pages: 71–72 Plates: IV Number: 23

Robin, C. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâce aux inscriptions. Revue du monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée 61/3, 1991 Pages: 118

Ryckmans, G. Le déchiffrement des inscriptions liḥyanites et thamoudénnes [Review of Winnett 1937 (WLT)]. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 323-337. Pages: 327

Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937. Pages: 17–18 (Line 6-7)

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