U 029 Stiehl A 22; QDNL 022; D 115
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
| For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 ʿyḏ bn zhlḥ w-bn-h
2 ʾmṣh ʾ(ẓ)lw h-(ẓ)—
3 ll l-ḏ-Ġbt bʿd
4 ml-h b-T[q]m(m) f-rḍ-h
5 w-ʾḫrt-h w-
6 s¹ʿd-[h]
| 1 | None of the previous authors reads the personal name zhlḥ. This can be read on the photograph. |
| 2 | Stiehl followed by al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau reads ʾlmh rather than ʾmḥh. |
| 3 | Stiehl followed by al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau reads b- t[ymm] rather than b- tqmm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿyḏ son of Zhlḥ and his son 2 ʾmṣh (per)formed the 3 (ẓll)-ceremony for ḏ-Ġbt for the sake of 4 his property in T[q]m(m) and so favour his 5 and his descendants and 6 help [him]. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 25-26 (A 22), pl. 25 | 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: 21 (L 022) | al-Qudra, Ḥusayn M. 1993. Dirāsa muʿǧamīya li-ʾalfāẓ an-nuqūš al-liḥyānīya fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt as-sāmīya al-ǧanūbīya. (MA). |
| Sima 1999c: 13 (U 029) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 203 (D 115) | 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 amongst a mass of others on one side of the huge rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is below U 028, to the left of U 025 and U 026, and to the right of U 032. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 25-26 (A 22), pl. 25 | 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: 21 (L 022) | al-Qudra, Ḥusayn M. 1993. Dirāsa muʿǧamīya li-ʾalfāẓ an-nuqūš al-liḥyānīya fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt as-sāmīya al-ǧanūbīya. (MA). |
| Sima 1999c: 13 (U 029) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 203 (D 115) | 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. |