AH 032

Siglum
AH 032
Transliteration
yḏn w ḏwd / bnt / zd-
gmḥn / ʾẓlw / ẓl[l] h- nq
b- khl
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Translation
By Khl son of Yḏn and Ḏwd daughers of Zd-
gmḥn performed the ẓll-ceremony on the top of the mountain
at Khl
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1: Abū l-Ḥasan: ḏmd for ḏwd. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: mmḥn/ʾṭll/ṭl[l] for gmḥn/ʾẓll/ẓl[l]. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓlw ẓl[l] h- nq, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(she) offered the donation of the female camels'. Line 3. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl.
Commentary
ẓl[l] h- nq literally "the ẓll-ceremony of the mountain top" could either mean "the ẓll-ceremony performed on the mountain top" (as we have translated it) or "the ẓll-ceremony of the mountain top" implying that there was a special form of the ceremony for performance on the mountain top. Given that all the inscriptions mentioning h-nq are located on the way up Jabal ʿIkmah or at the top of Jabal Umm Daraǧ, this interpretation seems appropriate and it seems unlikely that nq in these cases would refer to a female camel (nāq or nūq), as suggested by Abū l-Ḥasan.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 036 and to the left of U 031

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Qirāʾah li-kitābāt liḥyāniyyah min ǧabal ʿakmah bi-minṭaqat al-ʿulā. Al-Riyāḍ: Maktabat al-malik fahd al-waṭaniyyah, 1997. pp 121–122 Plate 4
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Place-name, Religion, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0033111
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