Siglum: JaL 012 a  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: ḏ
2: ḥzn/ʾf–
3: kl

Translation
1: ḏ
2: Ḥzn pri–
3: est

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION
Lines 1–2: Jamme: 'Ḥazan [of the family of] ʾAfkal'.

DISCUSSION
Macdonald 2004: 509, for ḏ as an apotropaic symbol.

Commentary
The isolated ḏ above of the graffito is probably an apotropaic sign.

Subjects
Religion Apotropaic sign

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Al-Madīnah
Site: Oasis of al-ʿUlā
Latitude: 26.616667
Longitude: 37.916667
Present Location: In situ
Notes: Ǧabal ʿIkmah
Associated Signs: A ḏ sign; cartouche
Associated Drawings: A camel
Associated Inscriptions: It is above of JaL 012b

References:
[JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Pages: 19–20 Plates: 2

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: 509

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