Sigla: HU 789 e; Hub pp 136, 221, 222, 626; HuIR 1; Eut 226 (3 copies pls 9 C, 10 A, 11A); WHI 203 e  Script: Thamudic B

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Transliteration
h nhy s¹ʿd -n ʾlh ṯʿt b- nhy tʿzy nm whbnhy b- -k h- s¹{r}{r} s²ms¹ mtʿly h rḍw nqm whbnhy

Translation
O Nhy help me god of deliverance
In Nhy is mercy By Whbnhy
In you is happiness Sun
exalted one
O Rḍw revenge Whbnhy

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT
Line 2. Van den Branden: bnh(y) tʿl l lmyh bnhy rather than bnhy tʿzy nm whbnhy;
Jamme: bnhy tʿhy rm ṣh brhn rather than b- nhy tʿzy nm whbnhy;
Line 5. Jamme: whb nhn rather than whbnhy.

TRANSLATION
Line 1. Jamme: "O Nahī! S¹aʿad has envied Haṯaʿʿat".
Lines 2–4. WHI 203e: "By NHY (comes) comfort. By Wahb-NHY. By thee (comes) joy, rising sun. Mtʿly. O Rḍw avenge Wahb-nhy".

Commentary
In line 1 ṯʿt is probably a substantive from the Semitic root Y-Ṯ-ʿ with the meaning of "salvation, deliverance". In Line 2, for the tentative interpretation of tʿzy compare Classical Arabic taʿzā (= ʿazwā) "Have mercy!" see Lane p.2039 a and c. For s¹{r}{r} compare Arabic s¹urūr "happiness" (Lane 1339a), and for mtʿly compare Classical Arabic mutaʿālin active participle of taʿālā "he was exalted" (Lane p. 2144a). it would be in apposition to s²ms¹.

Subjects
Prayer Deity Revenge

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Ḥāʾil
Site: Ǧabal Sarrā, Ḥāʾil area
Latitude: 27.52188
Longitude: 41.69073
Present Location: In situ

References:
[HuIR] Huber, C. Inscriptions recueillies dans l'Arabie centrale, 1878-1882. Bulletin de la Société de géographie 7th. series, 5, 1884: 289-303.

[Hub] Huber, C. Journal d'un voyage en Arabie (1883 -1884). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1891. Pages: 136, 221, 222, 626

[Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. Pages: 87–88 [as Hu 789 e, f and h] Plates: 10 A

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: 2039a and c, 1339a, 2144a

[HU] The inscriptions recorded by Charles Huber as renumbered in Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions thamoudéennes. (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 25). Louvain: Institut Orientaliste de l'Université de Louvain, 1950. Pages: 113–116 Plates: III Number: 5–8

[WHI] Winnett, F.V & Reed, W.L. An Archaeological-Epigraphical Survey of the Ḥāʾil Area of Northern Saʿudi Arabia. Berytus 22, 1973: 53-113 and 13 plates. Pages: 88 Number: 203 e

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