U 006 Siethl A 18; QDNL 018; AH 050; D 111
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient North Arabian » Oasis North Arabian » Dadanitic |
| Alphabet | Ancient North Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Relief |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Due to a crack in the rock face, the beginning of line 1 is not aligned with those below it. For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Mrʾh bnt Wdʿlh
2 ḏ-Wṯmt ʾẓlt h-ẓl—
3 l l-ḏ-Ġbt bʿd ml-h
4 b-Tqmm f-rḍ-h w-ʾḫ—
5 rt-h w-s¹ʿd-h
| 2 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭlt h-ṭll for ʾẓlt h-ẓll. |
| 4 | Stiehl followed by Farès-Drappeau reads Tymm for Tqmm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrʾh daughter of Wdʿlh 2 of the linage of Wṯmt performed the 3 ẓll-ceremony for ḏ-Ġbt for the sake of her property 4 in Tqmm and so favour her and her 5 descendants and help her. |
| For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 23-24 (A 18), pl. 22 | 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: 20 (L 018) | 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: 158-160 (AH 050), pl. 7 (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: 7 (U 006), pl. 2a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Macdonald 2004: 506-507, 510, 515 | 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: 201 (D 111), pl. XXVII (facsimile) | 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 |
| Link to object record |
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 carved amongst a mass of others on one side of the huge rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is below U 005, to the left of U 001 and 002, to the right of U 009 and 010, and above U 6. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 23-24 (A 18), pl. 22 | 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: 20 (L 018) | 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: 158-160 (AH 050), pl. 7 (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: 7 (U 006), pl. 2a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 201 (D 111), pl. XXVII (facsimile) | 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. |
| Macdonald 2004: 506-507, 510, 515 | 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. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |