U 036 Stiehl A 31; QDNL 031; AH 030; D 124
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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| For discussion, see Déroche. |
TEXT
1 Hnfy [bn] Ṯʾlh
2 w-S¹byh [... ...] [.]ṣf ʾ—
3 ẓlw h-ẓll [l-]ḏ-Ġbt
4 bʿd ml-hm [... ...]-hm
5 w ʾṯb-hm
| 1 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads Tʾlh by Ṯʾlh. This name is not read for Farès-Drappeau. |
| 2 | Sima notes that the last personal name could be either Nṣf or Rṣf but Abū l-Ḥasan's copy reproduces it as Nṣf, and it was read thus by Stiehl. It is not read at all by Farès-Drappeau. |
| 3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ṭlw h-ṭll for ẓlw h-ẓll. Farès-Drappeau considers there to be a lacuna at the end of this line. However, on the photograph there is a clear space after the word ḏ-Ġbt. |
| 4 | Sima reads [/] (f-rḍ)-h(m) at the end of this line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hnfy [son of] Ṯʾlh 2 and S¹byh ----ṣf per- 3 formed the ẓll-ceremony [for] ḏ-Ġbt 4 for the sake of their property [.......] 5 and reward them. |
| For other translations see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 35 (A 31), pls 44a and 44b | 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: 24 (L 031) | 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: 118-119 (AH 030), pl. 4 (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: 15 (U 036), pls 8a, 29a and 29b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 207 (D 124) | 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 incised on the back of rock face, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is above U 037. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 35 (A 31), pls 44a and 44b | 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: 24 (L 031) | 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: 118-119 (AH 030), pl. 4 (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: 15 (U 036), pls 8a, 29a and 29b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 207 (D 124) | 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. |
| Déroche 1987: 104 | Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD). |