U 004 ASNL C; BILS 37; Stiehl A 16; QDNL 016; AH 053; D 109
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient North Arabian » Oasis North Arabian » Dadanitic |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Relief |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Line 1. This is shorter than the others because it has been fitted into the space left by the last line of U 008, which must therefore be earlier U 004. Line 3. The placing of the demonstrative ḏh after ḏġbt, rather than immediately after h-ẓll is bizarre. It is at present unique and may have been an error (see Macdonald). For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 ʾnḥh bn Hnʾ
2 s¹lḥ ḏ-Ġbt ʾfy
3 h-ẓll l-ḏ-Ġbt ḏh
4 b-Khl f-rḍ-h w-s¹ʿd-h
| 1 | Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden read the first name as ʾnmr, but this was corrected to ʾnḥh in Stiehl. |
| 3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads h-ṭll for h-ẓll. |
| 4 | Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden read b-Bnl for b-Khl. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾnḥh son Hnʾ 2 the priest of Ḏġbt accomplished 3 the ẓll-ceremony for ḏ-Ġbt 4 at Khl and so favour him and help him. |
| For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 30 (C), pls 3 and 6 | 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: 76-77 (no. 37) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 22-23 (A 16), pl. 21 | 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: 19 (L 016) | 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: 164-165 (AH 053), pl. 8 (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: 6 (U 004), 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, 512, 526 | 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: 200 (D 109), 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 |
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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 amongst a mass of others on one side of the huge rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is below U 003 and 008 and above U 005 and 009. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 30 (C), pls 3 and 6 | 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: 76-77 (no. 37) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 22-23 (A 16), pl. 21 | 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: 19 (L 016) | 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: 164-165 (AH 053), pl. 8 (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: 6-7 (U 004), 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: 526, §5.1.4 | 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: 200 (D 109), 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. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |