U 039 Stiehl B 01; QDNL 032; AH 026; D 132
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient North Arabian » Oasis North Arabian » Dadanitic |
| Alphabet | Ancient North Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is rather carelessly incised and is surrounded by a cartouche. Line 3. It appears in this text the relatively rare form of the causative stem, hẓll, instead of the more common ʾẓll. For discussion, see Déroche. |
TEXT
1 ʾrs² bn
2 Bʿl ʾs¹d
3 hẓll h-ẓll
4 w-fʿl-h-ṣlm
5 l-ḏ-Ġbt
6 f-rḍ-h
| 3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads hṭll and h-ṭll for hẓll and h-ẓll. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾrs² son of 2 Bʿl ʾs¹d 3 performed the ẓll-ceremony 4 and set up the statue 5 for ḏ-Ġbt 6 and so favour him. |
| 2 | Sima, followed by Farès-Drappeau , takes ʾs¹d as a lineage name, translating "of the family of ʾs¹d". |
| 4 | The meaning of word ṣlm is unclear in this text. It has usually been translated ‘statue’ but this would not seem appropriate in the context of this inscription which is roughly incised on a rock face. Sima (pp 97-98) argued that it should be translated ‘inscription’. However, quite apart from the etymological difficulties, this also does not seem appropriate, since if carving an inscription was part of the ceremony, why is it mentioned relatively seldom in the ẓll texts. In the absence so far of a convincing interpretation, we have left the word ṣlm untranslated. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 34 (B 01), pls 41 and 42 | Stiehl, Ruth 1971. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften aus al-‛Uḏaib. Pages 3-40 in Altheim, Franz and Stiehl, Ruth (ed.). Christentum am Roten Meer I. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter. |
| al-Qudra 1993: 24 (L 032) | al-Qudra, Ḥusayn M. 1993. Dirāsa muʿǧamīya li-ʾalfāẓ an-nuqūš al-liḥyānīya fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt as-sāmīya al-ǧanūbīya. (MA). |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 109-111 (AH 026), pl. 4 (facsimile) | Abū l-Ḥasan, Ḥusayn 1418/1997. Qirāʾa li-kitābāt liḥyānīya min ǧabal ʿIkma bi-minṭaqat al-ʿUlā. ar-Riyāḍ: maktabat al-malik Fahd al-waṭanīya. |
| Sima 1999c: 16 (U 039) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 211 (D 132) | Farès-Drappeau, Saba 2005. Dédan et Liḥyân. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe-IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranée, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée; J. Pouilloux. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Notes | Found in Al-ʿUḏayb (Ǧabal ʿIkmah). The inscription is incised, to the right of U 040, on a rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block B’. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 34 (B 01), pls 41 and 42 | Stiehl, Ruth 1971. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften aus al-‛Uḏaib. Pages 3-40 in Altheim, Franz and Stiehl, Ruth (ed.). Christentum am Roten Meer I. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter. |
| al-Qudra 1993: 24 (L 032) | al-Qudra, Ḥusayn M. 1993. Dirāsa muʿǧamīya li-ʾalfāẓ an-nuqūš al-liḥyānīya fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt as-sāmīya al-ǧanūbīya. (MA). |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 109-111 (AH 026), pl. 4 (facsimile) | Abū l-Ḥasan, Ḥusayn 1418/1997. Qirāʾa li-kitābāt liḥyānīya min ǧabal ʿIkma bi-minṭaqat al-ʿUlā. ar-Riyāḍ: maktabat al-malik Fahd al-waṭanīya. |
| Sima 1999c: 16 (U 039) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 211 (D 132) | Farès-Drappeau, Saba 2005. Dédan et Liḥyân. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe-IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranée, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée; J. Pouilloux. |
| Déroche 1987: 102, 106, 107 | Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD). |