U 034 Stiehl A 25; QDNL 025; AH 035; D 118
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
| Due to damage to the rock face, the lines are not aligned on the left side. Line 1. It can be seen on the photograph and on Abū l-Ḥasan's facsimile that Sima's reading (followed here) is correct. The l of Khl can be seen between the last letter of line 4 of U 033 and the first letter of line 1 of U 035. The expression b- khl has been incised by mistake after the genealogy instead of in the narrative section. For discussion, see Déroche. For the place name, see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. |
TEXT
1 ʿyḏ bn Ḥr b-Khl
2 ʾẓll h ẓlln
3 bʿd-hw-bʿd
4 ʾb-h w-bʿd nḫl-h
5 <l>-ḏ-Ġbt f-rḍ-h
6 w-ʾḫrt-h w-s¹ʿd-h
| 1 | Stiehl followed by al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau reads ḥbbt rather than Ḥr b-khl. |
| 2 | Abū l-Ḥasan reads ʾṭll h- ṭlln for ʾẓll h- ẓlln. Stiehl followed by al-Qudra and Farès-Drappeau reads h- ẓll for h- ẓlln. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿyḏ son of Ḥr at Khl 2 performed two ẓll-ceremonies 3 for his own sake and for the sake of 4 his father and for the sake of his palm garden 5 for ḏ-Ġbt and so favour him 6 and his descendants and help him. |
| For other translations and commentaries see the bibliography. |
| Stiehl 1971: 27-28 (A 25), pl. 26 | 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. |
| Déroche 1987: 236, 290 | Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD). |
| al-Qudra 1993: 22 (L 025) | 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: 127-129 (AH 035), pl. 5 (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: 14-15 (U 034), pl. 8a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 204-205 (D 118) | 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 033, to the left of U 032, and above U 035. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stiehl 1971: 27-28 (A 25), pl. 26 | 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: 22 (L 025) | 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: 127-129 (AH 035), pl. 5 (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: 14-15 (U 034), pl. 8a | Sima, Alexander 1999. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf. |
| Farès-Drappeau 2005: 204-205 (D 118) | 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, 236, 240 | Déroche, François 1987. Recherches sur l’oasis de Dedan/Al-‘Ulā. (2 Mikrofiches), (PhD). |
| Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014 | Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, María del Carmen 2014. Place Names in the Dadanitic Inscriptions of al-'Uḏayb. Adūmātū, 30: 15-30. |