U 023 DLI 18; AH 041
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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| In the compound numeral the ten is place before the unit, and they are connected by w-. See Sima (pp 108-109) and Macdonald. Line 6-7. These two lines are not shown in the Abū l-Ḥasan's copy. The inscription is so damaged that the reading of several letters is difficult. For the place names, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 ʿbd(h)[.]nt bn ʾlt s¹—
2 lḥ ḏ-Ġbt w-bn-h Yhn—
3 ʾ w-ʾṯt-h ʾmtbʿs¹m—
4 n ġrs¹w b-Bdr <w>-b-Bnʾl m—
5 ʾt w-ʾrbʿn w-ḫms¹ nḫl w
6 ʾẓllw l-ḏ-(Ġ)bt [... ...] nḫl -h(m)
7 w d(ṯ)ʾ -hm f-rḍ-hm w-ʾḫrt-[hm]
| 4-5 | These two lines are not shown in the Abū l-Ḥasan's copy. |
| 5 | Drewes followed by Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭllw for ʾẓllw. Sima reads nḫl [w] at the end of this line. |
| 6 | Sima restores [bʿd/nḫl -hm/b] at the end of this line. |
| 7 | Sima reads Ṯʾmm at the beginning of this line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbd(h)(.)nt son of ʿlt, the priest 2 of ḏ-Ġbt, and his son Yhnʾ 3 and his wife ʾmtbʿs¹mn 4 planted in Bdr and in Bnʾl one 5 hundred and forty-five palm garden (and) 6 performed the ẓll-ceremony for ḏ-Ġbt [......] their palm garden 7 (and) their crops of the (season) of the later rains and so favour them and [their] descendants. |
| 4 | For the translation of the verb ġrs¹ as "plant" see Sima (pp 94-95). |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 140-141 (AH 041), 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: 11 (U 023), pl. 5a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Drewes 1983: 428 | Drewes, Abraham J. 1983. Liḥyanitische Inscripties. Pages 424-429 in Klaas R. Veenhof (ed.). Schrijvend verleden. Documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten vertaald en toegelich. Leiden: Ex Oriente Lux. |
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 022, to the left of U 019 and U 020, and to the right of U 026. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Drewes 1983: 428 (no. 18) | Drewes, Abraham J. 1983. Liḥyanitische Inscripties. Pages 424-429 in Klaas R. Veenhof (ed.). Schrijvend verleden. Documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten vertaald en toegelich. Leiden: Ex Oriente Lux. |
| Abū l-Ḥasan 1418/1997: 140-141 (AH 041), 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: 11 (U 023), pl. 5a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Macdonald 2004: (521-522 § 4-5) | 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. |