OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 214

Text Information

Siglum
AH 214
Transliteration
mtʿʾl ---- ʿṣy/m---- d/mṣ{d} ---- ----bt
Translation
Mtʿʾl ---- ʿṣy m---- d {on the high [red] mountain} ----bt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: mṣb---- for mṣ{d}----. Line 4. Abū l-Ḥasan: ---- ḏġbt rather than ----bt. Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan: ---- nʿ. Line 6. Abū l-Ḥasan: ---- hmn.
Commentary
The inscription is very damaged. It is broken on the left side and at the bottom. Only a few letters can be recognised in lines 4 to 6.

Provenance
Jabal Umm Daraǧ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Mixed relief & incised

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 78–80
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Topographic features
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033227
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