AH 210

Text Information

Siglum
AH 210
Transliteration
ʾs¹k / bn / htm / ḥ-
ṭṭ / tqṭ / ʿr[r] {ḏ}ġ{b}-
t / ṭʿn / ʿrr ----
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Translation
By / son of / ʾs¹k son of Htm
carved [his] signature {may} {Ḏġbt} {dishonour}
with censure the dishonourer of ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: f ʿrr rather than ʿr[r]. TRANSLATION Line 3. ṭʿn, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'plague, pestilence (?)'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2009: 52, for ṭʿn.
Commentary
The inscription is broken at the bottom left-hand corner. Lines 2–3. ḥṭṭ could either be a spelling mistake, or dialectal variant, for ḫṭṭ.

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  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 71–73
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Neuarbeitung der dadanischen Inschrift Abū l-Ḥasan 197. New Treatment of the Dadanitic Insdription Abū l-Ḥasan 197. Aula Orientalis 27, 2009: 43-56
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0033219
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA