Sigla: W.Dad 16; Al-Qudrah 1993: 53, no. 163; D 041  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: wny/bn/fs¹y
2: tqṭ/mʿ
3: ḏ mʿly/f rḍy -h
4: w s¹ʿd -h/w ʾḫrt -h

Translation
1: Wny son of Fs¹y
2: wrote in company with
3: this one of the lineage of Mʿly and so may (the deity) favour him
4: and help him and his posterity

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION
Line 3. ḏ mʿly, Winnett & Reed: 'Him-on-high'; ʾḫrt -h, Winnett & Reed: '(he) guide him'.

Commentary
The photograph is of poor quality.

Subjects
Genealogy Lineage Prayer Religion

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Al-Madīnah
Site: Oasis of al-ʿUlā
Latitude: 26.616667
Longitude: 37.916667
Present Location: In situ
Notes: Al-ʿUlā station. Opposite of Km 980

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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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: 53 Number: 163

[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: 155

[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: 129 Plates: 24, 25 Number: 16

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