Sigla: SHI 28; Winnett (in Cornwall 1); Potts 1984: 118; Müller 1988: 626; Potts 1990, II: 79  Script: Hasaitic

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Transliteration
1: wgr/w qbr/ʾ–
2: lyʾ/bn/ʿyny/b–
3: n/s²ṣr/ḏ ʾl/s¹–
4: mm/ḏ ʾl/ḏʾb
5: ḏ ʾl/s²ḏb/g/

Translation
1: Tombstone and grave of ʾ–
2: lyʾ son of ʿyny son
3: of S²ṣr of the lineage S¹–
4: mm of the lineage of Ḏʾb
5: of the lineage of S²ḏb g

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 5. Potts 1990: n rather than g at the end of this line.

TRANSLATION:
Line 1. wgr w qbr, Potts: 'Monument and tomb'.
Lines 3, 4, and 5. ḏʾl, Potts 1990: '(he) of the group of'.
Lines 3–5. Winnett (by Cornwall 1), reproduced by Potts 1984: '(he) of the lineage of S¹MM of the clan of DʾL of the tribe of S²awḏab. 30'; Müller: '(he) of the family S¹amam, of the clan Daʾl, from the tribe Schaudhab. 30'; Sima: '(he) of the family S¹mm, of the clan Ḏʾb, of the tribe S²ḏb. G.'

Commentary
The isolated letter g has been interpreted as the number 30 by Winnett. In ASA the letter g means the number 20. It is not certain whether in Hasmaitic has the same sense (Sima 2002: 182).

Subjects
Funerary Genealogy Lineage Building

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Eastern Province
Site: Al-Qaṭīf
Latitude: 26.5208
Longitude: 50.02452
Present Location: Unknown

References:
[Winnett] Cornwall, P.B. Ancient Arabia: Explorations in Hasa, 1940-1941. Geographical Journal 107, 1946: 28-50. Pages: 44 Plates: 12

Müller, W.W. Altsüdarabische und frühnordarabische Grab-, Sarkophag-, Votiv- und Bauinschriften. Pages 621-640 in C. Butterweck (ed.), Grab-, Sarg-, Votiv- und Bauinschriften. Religiöse Texte. 4. In Otto Kaiser (ed.), Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. 2. Gütersloh: Mohn, 1988. Pages: 626

Potts, D.T. Northeastern Arabia in the Later Pre-Islamic Era. Pages 85-144 in R. Boucharlat and J.-F. Salles (eds), Arabie orientale, Mésopotamie, et Iran méridionale de l'age de fer au début de la période islamique. (Réunion de travail, Lyon, 1982, Maison de l'Orient). (Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, Mémoire, 37). Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 1984. Pages: 118

Potts, D.T. The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity. (2 volumes). Oxford: Clarendon, 1990. Volume: II Pages: 79

[SHI] Sima, A. Die hasaitischen Inschriften. Pages 167-200 in N. Nebes (ed.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Erstes Arbeitstreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 11. bis 13. September 2000 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002. Pages: 182

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