U 043 AH 024; D 151
Abū al-Ḥasan H. 1997. Qirāʾah li-kitābāt liḥyāniyyah min jabal ʿikma bi-minṭaqat al-ʿulā. Al-Riyāḍ: Maktabat al-malik fahd al-waṭaniyyah. pl. 3.
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
| Line 4. We follow Farès-Drappeau (p. 206) in taking ṯbrt as possibly cognate with Hebrew šeber "grain". Though this is by no means certain it fits the context well. See also the discussion in Sima (p. 104). For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Grm bn ʾs¹lm
2 Flṭ ʾgw ʾ—
3 ẓll l-ḏ-Ġbt
4 bʿd ṯbrt-h
5 b-Tqmm
6 f-rḍ-h w-ʾḫrt-h
| 1 | The first name appears as Mrm in Abū l-Ḥasan's facsimile and was read as such by Abū l-Ḥasan, followed by Farès-Drappeau who claimed that it occurs in JSLih 284 and in a composite name in JSLih 290. However, in each case, Jaussen and Savignac's squeezes of these texts (pp 508, 510; pls 92, 93) show the name to be Grg not Mrm (cf. the clear m later in JSLih 284). The photograph used by Sima, of which we have an enlargement, shows clearly that the name here is Grm. |
| 2-3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾẓll for ʾṭll. |
| 5 | Farès-Drappeau reads Tymm rather than Tqmm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Grm son of ʾs¹lm 2 Flṭ organized 3 ẓll-ceremonies for ḏ-Ġbt 4 for the sake or his grain 5 in Tqmm 6 and so favour him and his descendants. |
| 1-2 | Sima treats the second name in the double name as a lineage name. Thus, he translates 'of the family of N'. |
| 4 | We follow Farès-Drappeau (p. 206 (D 121)) in taking ṯbrt as possibly cognate with Hebrew šeber "grain". Though this is by no means certain it fits the context well. See also the discussion in Sima (p. 104). |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 106-108 (AH 024), 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: 17 (U 043), pl. 11a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 218 (D 151) | 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, which Stiehl called ‘Block B’. It is far to the right of U 044. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 106-108 (AH 024), 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: 17 (U 043), pl. 11a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 218 (D 151) | 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. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |