Sigla: Robin-Mulayḥa 1; Ja 3231  Script: Hasaitic

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Transliteration
1: nfs¹/w- qb{r}{/}{ʿ}bydn/
2: bn/ʾw{s¹}{/}{ḏ}y/bnt/{ġ}
3: dnt/{b}{n}t/s²mtktby
4: s¹nt/ʿ{s²}{r}{n} w- {ʾ}{r}b{ʿ} ----

Translation
1: Memorial and {tomb of} {ʿbydn}
2: son of {ʾws¹} {which} built
3: {Ġdnt} {daughter of} S²mtktby
4: year {twenty-four} ----

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Robin 1994: 81: {ʿ}byd{ʾ} for {ʿ}ydn; bnt ʿ{s²}{q}{ʾ}w{s¹} b{f}---- for s¹nt/ʿ{s²}{r}{n} w- {ʾ}{r}b{ʿ} ---
Ja 3231 (Jamme 1995: 180): line 2: ʾws¹ṭy for ʾw{s¹}{/}{ḏ}y; lines 2–3: bdnt for {ġ}dnt; line 3: s²mtk{t}by for s²mtktby; line 4: bn{t} for s¹nt; ʿs²bw/rbʿ[m]

TRANSLATION
Ja 3231 (Jamme 1995: 180): line 4: "daughter of ʿs²bw {one} quarter"
ʿAbbās 2009: 93: "Soul / and grave / ʿObaidin Bin / Aous / thi / bint Ghadanat / bin Chamtkutibi Year / Ten / and Forty".

Commentary
The inscription was carved into the surface of a lime brick when it was still dampe (see ʿAbbās 2009: 92).

The reading here is that published in Overlaet, Macdonald & Stein 2016: 136 and is based on the better photograph published in ʿAbbās 2009: 91, Fig. 2. ʿAbbās made the first correct reading of the name at the end of line 1 and the name in lines 2–3, as well as recognizing that line 4 contained a date.

Subjects
Funerary Genealogy Building Women Date (snt) Date (s1nt)

Site: Mleiha/Al-Mulayḥah, Sharja, UAE
Latitude: 25.3166
Longitude: 55.4979
Present Location: Sharjah National Museum

References:
[Ja] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVIII [Revised version]. Washington, D.C.: [privately produced], 1995. Pages: 177–181

Overlaet, B., Macdonald, M.C.A. & Stein, P. An Aramaic–Hasaitic bilingual inscription from a monumental tomb at Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 127-142. Pages: 136–137 Plates: 8

[Robin-Mulayḥa] Robin, C.J. Documents de l'Arabie antique, III. Raydān 6, 1994: 69-90, pl. 35-46 p. 179-190. Pages: 80–81 Plates: 41

ʿAbbās [Abbas], E.Y. An insight into the culture of Mleiha based on archaeological explorations. Pages 89-98Proceedings of the International History Conference on New Perspectives on Recording UAE History. Abu Dhabi, UAE: National Center for Documentation & Research, 2009. Pages: 91–93

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