U 065 AH 130
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
| It is surrounded by a number of rock drawings and wusūm (tribal marks) including five lyres. The left two of these (at least) must be older than the inscription since its last line is carved over parts of them. For the place names, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Ns²l bn Whbl—
2 h ʾẓll h-ẓll
3 b-Khl l-ḏ-Ġbt
4 bʿd ḏ-kn l-h
5 b-Bdr f-rḍ-h
| 1 | Sima does not read the first personal name. |
| 2 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭll h-ṭll for ʾẓll h-ẓll. |
| 5 | Sima does not read the place name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ns²l son of Whbl- 2 h performed the ẓll-ceremony 3 at Khl for ḏ-Ġbt 4 for the sake of that which belongs to him 5 in Bdr and so favour him. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 292-294 (AH 130), pl. 15 (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: 22 (U 065) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿUlā |
| Ancient site | Ddn |
| Geographical area | Ḥijāz |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Notes | The inscription is incised on one of the rock faces in the gorge al-ʿUḏayb (Ǧabal ʿIkmah), above U 066 and to the right of AH 125. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 292-294 (AH 130), pl. 15 (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: 22 (U 065) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |