Nasif 1988: 99, pl. CLVII
Text Information
- Siglum
- Nasif 1988: 99, pl. CLVII
- Alternative Sigla
- D 092
- Transliteration
- [----] ----/nḍrh/w zmr/bn/---- s¹/w zd---- w grmnt/bn/ms¹l{m}/---- ʾwt/ʾ---- mṣd/w ʾ[g]ww/---- w ʾlh ---- ---- w s¹ʿd ---- s²nʾ/w wdd/ʿl/l----d/s¹nt/s¹t/w ʿs²r ---- ----n/hnʾs¹/mlk/lḥyn/w ----my/bnʿyḏ ----
- Translation
- [----] ---- Nḍrh and Zmr son of ----s¹ and Zd---- and Grmnt son of {Ms¹lm} ---- ʾwt ʾ---- high [red] mountain and {they organized} ---- and ʾlh ---- ---- and S¹ʿd ---- s²nʾ and Wdd against ---- in the year sixteen ---- ----n Hnʾs¹ king of Lḥyn and ----my Bnʿyḏ ----
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- TEXT Line 1. Farès-Drappeau: nṭrh for nḍrh and w zd for s¹ w zd. Line 3. Farès-Drappeau: ʾ-----w -wd rather than ʾ[g]ww. Line 5. Farès-Drappeau: s²nt for s²nʾ and does read l---d. Line 6. Farès-Drappeau: mnʿyḏ for bnʿyḏ. Nasif does not transliterate or translate this text.
- Commentary
- The inscription is broken on the left side and at the top. 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 36–37
- Farès-Drappeau, S. Dédan et Liḥyān. Histoire des Arabes aux confins des pouvoirs perse et hellénistique (IVe–IIe s. avant l'ère chrétienne). (Travaux de la maison de l'Orient, 42). Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée — Jean Pouilloux, 2005. pp 189
- 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.
- Site
- The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Historical, Religion, Topographic features
- Script
- Dadanitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0036517
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