U 020 ASNL N; BILS 33; Stiehl A 09; QDNL 009; AH 045; D 102
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 6. The mason does not seem to have left himself sufficient space to carve the end of this line in relief and therefore had to incise the final word. For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Hnʾms²l bn S¹ʿ—
2 dḥml ʾẓll h-ẓl—
3 l bʿd nḫl-h b-Ḏʿm(n)
4 l-ḏ-Ġbt b-Khl f-rḍ-(h)
5 w-s¹ʿd-h w-ʾḫrt-h
| 1-2 | The patronymic S¹ʿdḥml is clear on the new photograph. It was read as S¹ʿdṣll by Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden, and as S¹ʿdḥll by Stiehl and al-Qudra. |
| 2-3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭll h-ṭll for ʾẓll h-ẓll. |
| 3 | The final letters of this line, mn, which Sima restored can be seen on the new photograph. For bʿd nḫl-h b-Ḏʿmn, Altheim and Stiehl read bʿd ʾẓl-h b-ḏʿ[ws], while van den Branden read bʿd ʾẓl-h b-ḏʿ[n]. Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden restore rḍ[y-h] at the end of this line, but, on the photograph, the h can be seen immediately after the ḍ. |
| 4 | Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden read b-S¹rn for b-Khl. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hnʾms²l son of S¹ʿ- 2 dḥml performed the ẓll- 3 ceremony for the sake of his palm garden in Ḏʿm(n) 4 for ḏ-Ġbt at Khl and so favour him 5 and help him and his descendants. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 28 (N), pl. 4 | Altheim, Franz and Stiehl, Ruth 1968. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften. Mit einem Beitrag Gonzague Ryckmans. Die Araber in der alten Welt, 5/1: 24-33. |
| van den Branden 1969: 73-74 (no. 33) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 18 (A 09), pl. 15 | 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: 17 (L 009) | 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: 147-148 (AH 045), pl. 6 (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: 10-11 (U 020), pls 4a, 4b, 5a and 6a. | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 196 (D 102), pl. XXV | 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 carved in amongst as mass of others on one side on the huge rock, which Stiehl called 'Block A'. It is below U 019 and to the left of U 016. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 28 (N), pl. 4 | Altheim, Franz and Stiehl, Ruth 1968. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften. Mit einem Beitrag Gonzague Ryckmans. Die Araber in der alten Welt, 5/1: 24-33. |
| van den Branden 1969: 73-74 (no. 33) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 18 (A 09), pl. 15 | 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: 17 (L 009) | 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: 147-148 (AH 045), pl. 6 (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: 10-11 (U 020), pls 4a, 4b, 5a and 6a. | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 196 (D 102), pl. XXV | 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. |