U 059 Stiehl D 01; QDNL 034; AH 018; D 125
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
| Line 2. The mason apparently began the ġ of ḏġbt and then started again producing a strange approximation to the letter. Due to a crack on the rock face, the first line is shorter than those below it. The lines are not aligned on the left side. For discussion, see Déroche and Macdonald. For the place names, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Mqḥ s¹lḥ
2 ḏ-(Ġ)bt ʾẓll b-Khl
3 ʿly m-kn l-h b-Ḏ—
4 ṯʿʿl mn dṯʾ w-ḫrf
5 f-rḍ-h w-ʾṯb-h
| 1 | Stiehl followed by al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau reads only the last letter of the first name. Abū l-Ḥasan reads mqḥn rather than mqḥ. |
| 2 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭll for ʾẓll. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mqḥ the priest of 2 ḏ-Ġbt performed [the ẓll-ceremony] at Khl 3 for that which belongs to him in Ḏ- 4 ṯʿʿl of the crops of the season of later and the first rains 5 and so favour him and reward him. |
| 4 | For the translation of dṯʾ and ḫrf see Macdonald. |
| For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 30-31 (D 01), pl. 34 | 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. |
| Macdonald 1992: 2-4 | Macdonald, Michael C.A. 1992. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 3, 2/1: 1-11. |
| al-Qudra 1993: 24 (L 034) | 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: 95-96 (AH 018), pl. 3 (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: 21 (U 059), pls 15a and 15b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 207-208 (D 125) | 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 |
| 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). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 30-31 (D 01), pl. 34 | 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 034) | 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: 95-96 (AH 018), pl. 3 (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: 21 (U 059), pls 15a and 15b | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 207-208 (D 125) | 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: 108, 238, 239 | Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD). |
| Macdonald 2004: 508 | 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. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |
| Macdonald (in press) | Macdonald, Michael C.A.. Towards a re-assessment of the Ancient North Arabian alphabets used in the oasis of al-ʿUlā. Arabian Epigraphic Notes. |