Sigla: JSLih 138; Grimme 1937: 281; CLL 001; van den Branden 1962: 58-59, no. 24; Müller, W.W. 1988: 625–626; Robin 1991–1993: 118; Al-Qudrah 1993; 51, no. 154; Scagliarini 1994: 323–326, no. 40; D 033  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: khf/kbrʾl/bn mtʿʾl/mlk/ddn/w ṯrw/nʿm/b- -h/nʿrgd

Translation
1: Cave tomb of Kbrʾl son of Mtʿʾl king of Ddn and Nʿrgd became abundant in property by means of him

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Jaussen & Savignac: nʿrmd rather than nʿrgd.

TRANSLATION
w ṯrw nʿm b- -h, Jaussen & Savignac followed by Farès-Drappeau: '(they) wished good fortune to him'; Grimme: 'And he (God) may donate more grace to them'; Caskel: 'And Ṯirau. (he) found favour in it'; van den Branden followed by Al-Qudrah: '(he) built/prepared and is good here'; Müller W.W.: 'there was offered to him abundant benefactions'; Robin followed by Scagliarini: 'May (he) increase his benefits to him'; nʿrgd, Müller W.W.: 'supporter of Gadd'.

DISCUSSION
Grimme 1937: 277.
Jamme 1968: 41-42.
Winnett & Reed 1970: 114-115.
Wissmann 1970: 950.
Mascitelli 2006: 117-119.
Al-Theeb (Al-Ḏuyayb) 2013: 22.

Commentary
Line 2. The verb ṯrw is cognate with Arabic ṯarā 'to be or to become abundant in cattle or other property', 'to become in a state of competence or sufficiency in no need, rich (Lane 1863-1893: 335b).

Subjects
Funerary Genealogy Place-name Structure 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: The valley west of the station of Al-ʿUlā, facing the gardens of Al-Manšīyah

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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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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: 51 Number: 154

[CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. Pages: 78

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Grimme, H. Neubearbeitung der Wichtigeren Dedanischen und Liḥjanischen Inschriften. Le Muséon 50, 1937: 269-322. Pages: 277, 281

Jamme, A. Minaean Inscriptions Published as Liḥyanite. [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1968. Pages: 41–42

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Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions dédanites. (Publications de l'université libanaise - Section des études historiques, 8). Beyrouth : Imprimerie catholique, 1962. Pages: 58–59 Plates: II Number: 24

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Wissmann, H. von Nordwest- und Westarabien im Altertum. Madiama,; Makoraba; Ōphir und Ḥawīla, das westarabische Goldland, Dedan und Hegra; Zamareni II.. Pages cols 525-552, 791, 906-980, 1709-1712Paulys Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Supplementband XII. 1970. Pages: 950

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