OCIANA

Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient North Arabian » Oasis North Arabian » Dadanitic
AlphabetAncient North Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Due to damage to the rock face the lines are irregularly incised. The last lines are shorter than those above them. On the left side the letters join with those of U 034.
For discussion, see Drewes, Déroche and Macdonald.

TEXT


   1  ʿyḏ bn Ḥr
   2  ʾgw l-ḏ-Ġbt
   3  ṯlṯt ʾẓl—
   4  t f-rḍ-h w-
   5  s¹ʿd-h
   6  w-ʾḫ—
   7  rt-h

Apparatus
1-2Stiehl, followed by al- Qudra, considers the first two lines of this text to be the end of U 031, and the present inscription (Stiehl A 27) to begin ṯlṯt / ʾẓlt. The correct arrangement was first made by Drewes. It was followed by Sima (U 029 and U 032) and Abū l-Ḥasan. However Farès-Drappeau (pp 203 (D 115), pp 205–206 (D 120)) rejected Stiehl's attribution of lines 1–2 to the end of Stiehl A 23 (Farès-Drappeau's D 115) but did not include them at the beginning of the present text (her D 120) which, like Stiehl (A 27), she began with ṯlṯt ʾẓlt and followed Stiehl in explaining ṯlṯt as a personal name.
3On ṯlṯt ʾẓlt see Macdonald (pp 521–522).
3-4Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭlt for ʾẓlt.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿyḏ son of Ḥr
   2  performed for ḏ-Ġbt
   3  three ẓll-ceremo-
   4  nies and so favour him and
   5  help him
   6  and his des-
   7  cendants.
For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography.
Stiehl 1971: 26-29 (A 23/7-8 and A 27), pls 26 and 30Stiehl, 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: 21-23 (L 023/7-8 and L 027)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: 129-131 (AH 036), pl. 5 (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: 14 (U 032), pl. 7bSima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf.
Farès-Drappeau 2005: 205-206 (D 120)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 typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿUlā
Ancient siteDdn
Geographical areaḤijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
NotesFound in Al-ʿUḏayb (Ǧabal ʿIkmah). The inscription is incised amongst a mass of others on one side of the huge rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is below U 031, to the left of U 028 and to the right of U 034.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stiehl 1971: 26-29 (A 23/7-8 and A 27), pls 26 and 30Stiehl, 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.
Drewes 1985: 172 (n. 2)Drewes, Abraham J. 1985. The Phonemes of Lihyanite. Pages 165-173 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
al-Qudra 1993: 21-23 (L 023/7-8 and L 027)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: 129-131 (AH 036), pl. 5 (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: 14 (U 032), pl. 7bSima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf.
Macdonald 2004: 504, 521Macdonald, 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: 205-206 (D 120)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: 104Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD).