AH 247

Siglum: AH 247
Alternative Sigla: Nasif 1988: 98, pl. CLV
Transliteration: ----ʾrs²/bn ʿmr fʿl/h- bt/w h- ʾlhn/f s¹ʿd ---- {b-} h- gbn
Translation: ---- ʾrs² son of ʿmr made this sanctuary and the ʾlhn and so favour ---- {in} the Gbn (place for prayer)

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾrs² rather than ----ʾrs². The photograph shows space for about two letters before the personal name ʾrs². TRANSLATION Line 4. h- gbn, Abū l-Ḥasan suggests that this word may refer to a cemetery located close to the temple where ʾrs² was buried.
Commentary: Lines 2– 3. We are unable to explain the word h-ʾlhn. Line 4. In Classical Arabic the word ǧabbānah means 'a place of prayer', 'a burial-ground', 'elevated land, that produces much herbage' (Lane 1863-1893: 377a).

Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 170–172
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.
Naṣīf [Nasif]A.A. Al-ʿUlā. An Historical and Archaeological Survey With Special Reference to Its Irrigation System. Riyadh: King Saud University Press, 1988.