OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 239

Text Information

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/---- [----]
Translation
[----] ----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 ---- [----]

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.

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

Technique
In relief

  • 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
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033246
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