AH 224

Siglum: AH 224
Alternative Sigla: TMLT no. 1
Transliteration: ----dlh/bn ----l/hn/ḥg ----lh/bnm/bnt ---- [ḏ]ġbt/b- h- mṣd/f ----ʾ{ḫ}rt -h/s¹nt/ʾ– [r][b][ʿ][n] [w] [ʾ][r]bʿ/44/b- rʾ[y]---- ----/hnʾs¹/----
Translation: ----dlh son of ----l hn ḥg ---- lh Bnm daugther of ---- {Ḏġbt} on the high [red] mountain and so ---- her {posterity} in the year {for– ty-four} 44 in {the government of} ---- ---- Hnʾs¹----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ----h rather than ----lh. Line 4. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Al-Turkī: {l-} ḏġbt rather than [ḏ]ġbt. Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Al-Turkī: [rḍ -hw] at the beginning of this line. Line 7. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Al-Turkī: [y tlmy/ bn] at the beginning of this line. TRANSLATION Line 2. hn, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'here'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2009: 613. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary: Lines 5–6. The restoration of the numeral in letters is based on the 44 in figures (line 6). In the compound numerals,the larger unit is usually placed before the smaller, contrary to the practice in Classical Arabic, see Macdonald (2004: 521–522 §4.4.1). The inscription is broken on the right side. In Classical Arabic (Lane 1863-1893: 2719b), the word maṣad means, among other things "a mountain top", or "a place of refuge". On the other hand, Abū l-Ḥasan (2002: 36–37) translates is as 'the high red mountain'. According to him, this meaning is consistent with the red colour of the Jabal Umm Daraǧ where the inscription has been found.

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