Sigla: JSLih 079; Eut 793a; Müller, D.H. 1889: 79, no. 34 (link side); Grimme 1937: 312 (link side); CLL 076; W.Dad 06; Jamme 1974: 128; Al-Qudrah 1993: 50, no. 149; D 060  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: mrrh/w ḥṭrh/bnw
2: nṭr/ʾḫḏw/h- qb–
3: r/ḏh/hm/w ʾḫw -hm/f
4: mrr mrrh/w ḥ{ṭ}{r}h
5: w nʾs¹

Translation
1: Mrrh and Ḥṭrh sons of
2: Nṭr took possession
3: of this grave. They and their two brothers and so
4: Mrr Mrrh and {Ḥṭrh}
5: and Nʾs¹

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Müller, D.H. followed by Grimme consider this inscription and JSLih 080, as one text.
Line 1. Müller, D.H.: mrlh for mrrh; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ḥḍrh for ḥṭrh; Winnett & Reed: ḥṭlh for ḥṭrh; Jamme: ḥykh rather than ḥṭrh.
Line 2. Müller, D.H.: h ʿb----ry for h- qb–; Jaussen & Savignac followed by Grimme, Caskel and Al-Qudrah: nḍr for nṭr.
Line 3. Al-Qudrah: ʾḫ -hm rather than ʾḫw -hm.
Line 4. Müller, D.H.: mrlh ʿwḥġ for mrr mrrh; Grimme, followed by Jamme and Al-Qudrah, does not read the word mrr at the beginning of this line; Caskel: [----rr], Farès-Drappeau: (ʿ)rr; Jaussen & Savignac: ḥblh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Grimme followed by Caskel, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ḥḍrh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Winnett & Reed: ḥṭlh for ḥ{ṭ}{r}h; Jamme: mrlh w ḥblh for mrrh w ḥ{ṭ}{r}h.
Lines 5–6. Winnett & Reed consider these lines belonging to JSLih 080, he reads ḥṭlh rather than ḥ{ṭ}{r}h.

TRANSLATION
Lines 3–5. Jamme: 'tomb, they and their cousins, ʿAmarlah, and Ḥubblah and Nuʾās¹'.
Line 4. mrr, Winnett & Reed: 'in perpetuity'.

DISCUSSION
Winnett 1937: 12.
Déroche 1987: 106.

Commentary
Due to the poor condition of the photograph, the reading here is based on the facsimile in Jaussen & Savignac (1909-1920, ii, pl. CX).
Line 3. The diphthong (*-ay) is not represented in media in Dadanitic, therefore the word ʾḫw -hm could represent either the dual 'their two brothers' or the plural 'their brothers' (see Macdonald 2004: 503 §4.1.2.1).

Subjects
Funerary Genealogy Relatives 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 an isolated rock facing the ruins of Al-Ḫuraybah, to the east and some metres north of JSLih 078. Next to the door of a tomb
Associated Inscriptions: It is to the right of JSLih 080

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: 50 Number: 149

[CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. Pages: 112–113

Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987. Pages: 106

[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: 171–172 Plates: XVIII

Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322. Pages: 312

[Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Plates: 36C

Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Pages: 128

[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: 446–449 Plates: LXXXV, CX

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 §4.1.2.1

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: 79 Plates: VI Number: 43 (link)

[W.Dad] Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. Pages: 123–124 Plates: 24, 25 Number: 6

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: 12 Plates: II

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