U 047 AH 019; D 148
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
| Line 6. The last line is shorter than those above it. |
TEXT
1 Nḫb bn ʿbdḫrg
2 w-Rgʿ ḏʾl Hrbt
3 ʾẓllw l-ḏ-Ġbt
4 bʿd nḫl-hm f-rḍ-[h]m
5 w-ʾṯb-
6 (h)m
| 2 | Sima suggests that ḏʾl / hrbt is a scribal error for ḏ ʾlh [for ḏ ʾhl] rbt. In this he was followed by Macdonald. However, ḏʾl / hrbt is clear on the photograph and there seems no need to make this complicated sequence of emendations. |
| 3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭllw for ʾẓllw. |
| 5 | Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Farès-Drappeau does not read the phrase w-ʾṯb, and therefore considers that the enclitic pronoun -hm belongs to the expression f-rḍ of line 4. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nḫl son of ʿbdḫrg 2 and Rgʿ of the lineage of Hrbt 3 performed [the ẓll-ceremony] for ḏ-Ġbt 4 for the sake of their palm garden and so favour [th]em 5 and reward 6 them. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 97-98 (AH 19), pl. 3 (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: 19 (U 047), pls 12a and 12b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 217 (D 148) | 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 on a rock inside of the gorge. It is to the left of U 046 and to the right of U 048. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 97-98 (AH 19), pl. 3 (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: 19 (U 047), pls 12a and 12b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Macdonald 2004: 508, §5 | Macdonald, Michael C.A. 2004. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in Roger D. Woodard (ed.). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 217 (D 148) | 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. |