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---- [----]
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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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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA