AH 218
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- 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---- [----]
- 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 ---- [----]
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).
- Provenance
- Jabal Umm Daraǧ
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- In relief
- Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 89–93
- Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 89
- 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–.
- 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.
- Site
- The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Relatives
- Script
- Dadanitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0033226
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