AH 244

Siglum
AH 244
Transliteration
----rlh / w ṣr / bn[t] / ʾ----s¹ / w ḥn / bn- t / gryh / w h---- / bn / nmrh / ḏ ḫb- zn / w wld -hm / ʾẓllw / h- ẓll / b- h- mṣd / l- ḏġbt / hm ḏ / nḏr / hn[ʾ] s¹ / f rḍ -hm / w s¹ʿd -hm / w ʾḫrt -hm s¹nt / ʿs²rn / w ṯtn ---- s¹bʿ / ʾym / qb- l / rʾy / ḏʾs¹lʿn / hnʾs¹ / bn / tlmy / m- lk / lḥyn / w ṣr / bn / brgh ----s¹----
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Translation
By / son of / ----rlh and Ṣr {daughter of} ʾ----s¹ and Ḥn daugh- ter of Gryh and H---- son of Nmrh of the lineage of of Ḫbzn and their offspring performed the ẓll-ceremony on the high [red] mountain for Ḏġbt in accordance with what {Hnʾs¹} vowed and so favour them and help them and their posterity in the year twenty-two ---- seven days before the government of Ḏʾs¹lʿn Hnʾs¹ son of Tlmy king of Lḥyn and Ṣr son of Brgh ----s¹----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭllw h- ṭll rather than ʾẓllw h- ẓll. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Given the poor condition of the photograph, the transliteration here has had to be based on Abū l-Ḥasan's reading (2002: 162–167). 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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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
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  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 162–167
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. M. del C. The divine names at Dadan: a philological approach. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 46, 2016: 125–136
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Historical, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Relatives, Religion, Topographic features, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0033250
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