AH 218

Siglum: AH 218
Transliteration: s²hdn / lgḏ---- l- -h / ʾmrʾl ---- ddn / hnʾkt[b] ---- ----qs¹mw / gbl / d[d][n] ---- {n} / ʾly- / ʾbt / d---- h- brṯ / ---- ṯ ---- {n}m{f}t ---- d / f ṣ{d}q / hʾ---- [----]
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Translation: S²hdn lgḏ ---- for him/her ʾmrʾl ---- Ddn Hnʾkt[b] --- ----qs¹mw the lord of {Ddn} ---- {n} towards the families (?) d---- the place ---- {nmft} ---- d and so {ṣdq} hʾ ---- [----]
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Language and Script: Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: hdn hnʾktb{r}---- for ddn hnʾk[t]b----. Line 6. Abū l-Ḥasan: ----mġt for ----{n}m{f}t. TRANSLATION Line 4. qs¹mw, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(they) divided up'. Line 6. brṯ, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'sandy mountain'. Line 7. ṣdq, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(he) said the true'. DISCUSSION Sima 1999: 89, for qs¹m as "oracle priest".
Commentary: The inscription is broken on the left side and at the bottom, and it is hard to offer a suitable interpretation of the text. Line 6. The translation of brṯ is based on the Sabaic word brṯ 'place, location, site' (Beeston et al. 1982: 32). The Arabic noun barṯ 'sand dune, soft soil, soft terrain' (Cohen 1970-: 88) should also be kept in mind (see Abū l-Ḥasan 2002: 93 for commentaries of this word).

[AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 89–93
Beeston, A.F.L., Ghul, M.A., Müller, W.W. & Ryckmans, J. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Publication of the University of Sanaa, YAR. Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters / Beyrouth: Librairie du Liban, 1982.
Cohen, D., Bron, F., Lonnet, A. Dictionnaire des racines sémitiques: ou attestées dans les langues sémitiques: comprenant un fichier comparatif de Jean Cantineau. Paris: Mouton (fascs. 1-2) / Leuven: Peeters (fascs 3–), 1970–.
[U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 89

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