U 105

Text Information

Siglum
U 105
Transliteration
whbh / zdlh / zrw----
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Translation
{Whblh}/Zdlh/Zrw----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Sima does not read the letters after zdlh.
Commentary
The fourth letter of is clearly a h (compare l h in the second name). However, *Whbhh does not seem a very likely name and so we have emended it to whbh.

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 103 and U 104

  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 29 Plate 24b, 25a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0033152
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA