AH 244
Text Information
- 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----
- Translation
- ----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----
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.
- 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 162–167
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Script
- Dadanitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0033250
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