U 013 Stiehl A 28; QDNL 028; AH 027; D 121
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
| Line 3. It has been suggested that ẓlt is a plural of ẓll, but this is not certain. See Sima (p. 95). Line 4-5. On Abū l-Ḥasan's copy the b at the end of line 4 and the r of ʾẖr[th] are shown. For the place names, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 ʾmtrfʾ bnt
2 Rbḥ ʾẓlt
3 h-ẓlt b-Khl l-ḏ-Ġ—
4 bt bʿd ṯbrt-h (b)-
5 Ḏʾḏn f-rḍ-h w-ʾḫr[t-h]
| 1 | Stiehl, followed by al-Qudra, does not read the second part of the female compound name. Sima: ʾmtrbʿ rather than ʿmtfrʿ. Farès-Drappeau: mtrbʿ rather than ʿmtfrʿ, but the later in the translation. |
| 2-3 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭlt h-ṭlt for ʾẓlt h-ẓlt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾmtrfʾ daughter of 2 Rbḥ performed 3 the ẓll-ceremonies (?) at Khl for ḏ-Ġ- 4 bt for the sake of her grain (in) 5 Ḏʾḏn and so favour her and her descendants. |
| 4 | We follow Farès-Drappeau in taking ṯbrt as possibly cognate with Hebrew šeber "grain". Though this is by no means certain it fits the context well. See also the discussion in Sima (p. 104). |
| For different translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 29 (A 28), pl. 31 | 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: 23 (L 028) | 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: 111-113 (AH 027), 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: 9 (U 013) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Macdonald 2004: 504 | 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. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 206 (D 121) | 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 on the huge rock, which Stiehl called ‘Block A’. It is above u 014, below U 011 and to the left of U 012. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 29 (A 28), pl. 31 | 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: 23 (L 028) | 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: 111-113 (AH 027), 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: 9 (U 013) | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 206 (D 121) | 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. |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |