Sigla: JSLih 045; Doughty 1884, pl. XII, f. 21; Müller, D.H. 1889: 64–66, no. 9; Grimme 1937: 312; Winnett 1937: 15; CLL 074; Drewes 1983: 428, no. 12; Déroche 1987: 128-129; Al-Qudrah 1993: 49, no. 147; Scagliarini 1994: 186–191, no. 11; D 007  Script: Dadanitic

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Transliteration
1: ʿbdḫrg/bn/flh/zdḏġbt/bny/h-
2: kfr/l- -h/w l- wrṯ -h/h- kfr/ḏh/kll -h
3: w ʾḫḏ/h- mṯbrn/s¹nt/ṯtn/l- tlmy/bn/h–
4: n{ʾ}{s¹}

Translation
1: ʿbdḫrg son of Flh Zdḏġbt built this
2: tomb for him and for his posterity, the whole of this tomb
3: and took possession of the two grave-chambers the second year (the reign of) Tlmy son of {H–
4: nʾs¹}

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 1. Müller, D.H.: b- [ʾ]m -h rather than bny; Jaussen & Savignac: b- ns¹ -h for bny.
Line 3. Grimme: ṯmn for ṯtn.

TRANSLATION
Line 1. zd ḏġbt, Müller, D.H.: 'priest of Ḏġbt'; Jaussen & Savignac: 'supplier, purveyor? of Ḏġbt'; Winnett: 'May Ḏū Ġabat bless him'; flh, Grimme: 'the selected'.
Line 2. kfr, Müller, D.H. followed by Jaussen & Savignac: '(they) dug'; flh zdḏġbt, Caskel: 'Fallā (b.) Zaid-Ḏū-ġābat'; Al-Qudrah followed by Farès-Drappeau: 'Flh (of the family of) Zdḏġbt'.
Line 3. ʾḫḏ, Grimme: '(he) has earned commercially'; h- mṯbrn, Grimme, followed by Déroche and Farès-Drappeau: 'this grave-chamber'.

DISCUSSION
Déroche 1987: 102, 104, 106, 208.
Macdonald 2004: 503 §4.1.2.1; 514 § 4.2.3.2 (14), 522.

Commentary
Line 4. This line is incised in the frame at the bottom of the inscription.

Subjects
Funerary Structure Date (s1nt) Genealogy 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: Former village of Al-ʿUlā: reused in buildings

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 Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.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: 49 Number: 147

[CLL] Caskel, W. Lihyan und Lihyanisch. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisteswissenschaften, 4). Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1954. Pages: 111–112

Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987. Pages: 102, 104, 106, 208,
128–129

Doughty, C.M. Documents épigraphiques recueillis dans le nord de l'Arabie. Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques 29:1, 1884: 1–64, pls I–LVII. Plates: XII, f. 21

Drewes, A.J. Liḥyanitische Inscripties. Pages 424-429 in K.R. Veenhof (ed.), Schrijvend Verleden. Documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten vertaald en toegelicht. Leiden: Ex Oriente Lux / Zutphen: Terra, 1983. Pages: 428 Number: 12

[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: 133–135 Plates: III

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

[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: 375–377 Plates: LXXX, CIV

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; 514 § 4.2.3.2 (14), 522

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: 64–66 Plates: III Number: 9

Scagliarini, F. Le iscrizioni liḥyānitiche dell'Oasi di al-ʿUlā. Dottorato di ricerca in semitistica: linguistica semitica, Universita' degli studi di Firenze, anni accademici 1992-1994 . [unpublished thesis]. 1994. Pages: 186–191 Plates: X Number: 11

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: 15 Plates: II

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