U 045.1

Siglum
U 045.1
Transliteration
w----
bn hʾgy {l}n{ṯ}k / {b}- tʿ----
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Translation
w----
son of Hmʾy {Lnṯk} b- tʿ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Sima does not read any letter. Line 2. Sima: ----ʾmy ----{h} {ʾ}{t}{ʾ} rather than bn hmʾy {l}n{ṯ}k/b- tʿ----. TRANSLATION Sima does not translate this inscription.
Commentary
Sima reads U 045.1 and U 045.2 as one text but it is clear from the photograph that they are two different graffiti.

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

Associated Signs
A sign at the end of line 1 and a later wasm
Associated Inscriptions

  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 18 Plate 11b
  • [Stiehl A] Stiehl, R. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften aus al-ʿUḏaib I mit einem Nachtrag M. Höfners. Pages 3-40, 565-566, 569-594, pl. 1-45 in F. Altheim and R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1971. p 4
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0033114
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA