AH 233

Siglum
AH 233
Transliteration
[----]
---- s²nʾ----
---- dṯʾ / w ʿ----
ʿn / ḥggw / ḏ----
krṯ---- / ʿl- -hm / ---- [f ]
rḍ -hm / w ʾḫr{t} [-h][m] ----
{ʾ}y / h- n---- / s²hr b----
w ʿbdʾs¹ / b----
----w wdʿ / b----
[----]
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Translation
[----]
---- S²nʾ----
---- crops of the season of the later rains and ʿ-----
ʿn performed the pilgrimage ḏ----
krṯ---- for them {and so}
favour them and {their} {posterity} ----
{ʾ}y h---- s²hr----
and ʿbdʾs² b----
---- and Wdʿ b----
[----]
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: s²nʾ[h] for s²nʾ----. Line 6. Abū l-Ḥasan: h -n[q] s²hr [bn] for h- n---- s²hr ----. Line 7. Abū l-Ḥasan: [bn] for b----. Line 8. Abū l-Ḥasan: l- -h rather than ----w. TRANSLATION Line 2. dṯʾ, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'the spring harvest'.
Commentary
The inscription is broken on all sides.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 129–132
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0033240
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