U 005 ASNL D; BILS 38; Stiehl A 17; DLI 17; QDNL 017; AH 052; D 110
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Due a rupture in the rock, the beginning of line 1 is not aligned with those below it. For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 Ḥmyh bnt
2 Nẓrh ʾft h-ẓ—
3 ll ḏh l-ḏ-Ġbt
4 b-Khl bʿd ml-
5 h f-rḍ-h w-s¹ʿd-h
| 1 | Ḥmyh was read Ṭmyh by Altheim and Stiehl, followed by van den Branden. |
| 2 | Nẓrh was read Nṭrh by Altheim and Stiehl, followed by van den Branden, Drewes, and Farès-Drappeau (though she reads Nẓrh in the commentary); and as Nḍrh by Abū l-Ḥassan who also read h-ṭll for h-ẓll. |
| 4 | Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: b- s¹hl for b- khl. |
| 4-5 | Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: mlṭ rather than ml -h. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmyh daughter of 2 Nẓrh accomplished this 3 ẓll-ceremony for ḏ-Ġbt 4 at Khl for the sake of her 5 property and so favour her and help her. |
| For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 30-31 (D), pl. 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: 77 (no. 38) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 23 (A 17), 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. |
| Drewes 1983: 428 (no. 17) | 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. |
| al-Qudra 1993: 19-20 (L 017) | 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: 162-164 (AH 052), pl. 7 (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: 7 (U 005), pl. 2a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 200 (D 110), 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 004, to the left of U 002, to the right of U 010. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Altheim and Stiehl 1968: 30-31 (D), pl. 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: 77 (no. 38) | Van den Branden, Albert 1969. Les inscriptions Liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq, 63: 67-79. |
| Stiehl 1971: 23 (A 17), 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. |
| Drewes 1983: 428 (no. 17) | 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. |
| al-Qudra 1993: 19-20 (L 017) | 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: 162-164 (AH 052), pl. 7 (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: 7 (U 005), pl. 2a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 200 (D 110), 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. |
| Macdonald 2004: 515, 519-520 | 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. |