AH 239

Siglum
AH 239
Transliteration
[----]
----bl----
----ẓd / ḥgt / l
----{ḥ}y / ʾqd / h- rʿ / f
---- s¹nt / ṯlṯ III / b- r-
[ʾy] / ---- [b]n hnʾs¹ / mlk / lḥyn
----n / ḫld / ḏ wṯmt / n----
----ʿyḏ / w ʿbdbt / ----
[----]
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Translation
By ---- son of Hnʾs¹ [----]
----bl----
----ẓd performed l
----{ḥy} offered the (sheep) pasture and so
---- year three 3 of the govern-
[ment] ---- {son of} Hnsʾs¹ king of Lḥyn
----n Ḫld of the lineage of Wṯmt n----
----ʿyḏ and ʿbdbt ----
[----]
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ----d rather than ----ẓd. Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ----ḥy ʾqʿ rather than ----{ḥ}y ʾqd. TRANSLATION Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan does not interpret the word hrʿ.
Commentary
The inscription is very damaged. It is broken on the right and on the lower left side, and at the top.

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 146–149
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Historical, Lineage, Pasturing, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033246
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA