U 065

Siglum
U 065
Alternative Sigla
AH 130
Transliteration
ns²l / bn / whbl-
h / ʾẓll / h- ẓll
b- khl / l- ḏġbt
bʿd / ḏ- kn / l- -h
b- bdr / f rḍ -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of Ns²l son of Whbl-
h performed the ẓll-ceremony
at Khl for Ḏġbt
for the sake of that which belongs to him
in Bdr and so favour him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Sima does not read the first personal name. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll h- ṭll for ʾẓll h- ẓll. Line 5. Sima: b---- rather than b- bdr. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓll h- ẓll, Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'. Line 3. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. Line 4. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, 20–22, for the place names Bdr and Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is surrounded by wusūm (tribal marks) and a number of rock drawings including five lyres. The left two lyres, at least, must be older than the inscription since its last line is carved over parts of them.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of AH 125 and above U 066

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Qirāʾah li-kitābāt liḥyāniyyah min ǧabal ʿakmah bi-minṭaqat al-ʿulā. Al-Riyāḍ: Maktabat al-malik fahd al-waṭaniyyah, 1997. pp 292–294 Plate 15
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30
  • 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
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 22 Plate 16a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037656
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'U 065.' OCIANA. 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15143. Accessed: 15 Jun, 2025.