Nasif 1988: 99, pl. CLVII

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 ----
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Translation
By / son of / [----]
---- 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 ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

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.

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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 36–37
  • [D] 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] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0036517
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