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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AH 201

Text Information

Siglum
AH 201
Transliteration
ʾs¹/bn/zdl– h/ʾgw/l- ḏ– ġbt/ṣlm ḫ----{s¹}/ḏh f rḍ -h/w s¹ʿ– d -h
Translation
ʾs¹ son of Zdl– h offered to Ḏ– ġbt this statue of ḫ----{s¹} and so favour him and help him

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Abū l-Ḥasan reads line 4 at the end of line 3.
Commentary
The text is incised on a sandstone altar. Lines 1–5 are written on one of the four faces of the altar, whereas the last line is written on the column which supports the altar.

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

Technique
Incised

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 48–50
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033352
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