Siglum: JaL 017 e  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: ʿbds²hr
2: ʾkr w
3: dly/s¹nt
4: ts¹lmt ʾs²–
5: hdn/f rḍ -h
6: {h}ʾl w s¹–
7: ʿd -h

Translation
1: ʾbds²hr
2: cultivated (dug the ground) and
3: draw water from the well to irrigate in the year in which
4: sued for peace ʾs²–
5: hdn and so favour him
6: {Hʾl} and
7: help him

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION
Lines 4–5. Jamme: 'the reconciliation of witnesses. May the god grace him'.

Commentary
Line 2. ʾkr, common Semitic 'laboureur, paysan'; Syr. ʾakar 'labourer, cultivate' (Cohen 1970-: 19). Arabic ʾakara 'to dig a hollow, or cavity, in the ground, for water to collect therein and to be baled out therefrom clear' (Lane 1863-1893: 70c).
Line 3. dly for the translation, see Cohen (1970-: 262–263), see also The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (vol. 3, pp 56–57) for Akkadian dalū.

Subjects
Agriculture Date (s1nt) Prayer Religion

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 Inscriptions: It is below JaL 017e and to the left of JaL 017f

References:
Cohen, D., Bron, F., Lonnet, A. Dictionnaire des racines sémitiques: ou attestées dans les langues sémitiques: comprenant un fichier comparatif de Jean Cantineau. Paris: Mouton (fascs. 1-2) / Leuven: Peeters (fascs 3–), 1970–. Pages: 19, 262–263

[JaL] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Pages: 24 Plates: 4

Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893. Pages: 70c

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