U 046

Siglum: U 046
Alternative Sigla: AH 020; D 149
Transliteration: qynh/bn/ʿbdḫrg/s²– nʾh/ʾẓll/h- ẓll/ḏ– h/b- khl/bʿd/h- ʿrḍ w ḏ- kn/l- -h/b- bdr/l- ḏġbt f {r}ḍ -h/w ----ʿ---- h
Translation: Qynh son of ʿbdḫrg S²– nʾh performed the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for the sake of the valley and that which belongs to him in Bdr for Ḏġbt and so {favour} him and ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Farès-Drappeau: rynh rather than qynh. They also do not read the last letters of this line. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll h- ṭll for ʾẓll h- ẓll. Line 5. This line is not read by Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Farès-Drappeau; Sima: w s¹ʿd -h for w ----ʿ---- h. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. Sima, followed by Farès-Drappeau, treats the second name in the double name as a lineage name. Thus, he translates 'of the family of N'. Line 2. ʾẓll h- ẓll, Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(he) offered the sacrifice'. Line 3. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'; bʿd h- ʿrḍ, Sima: 'in the direction of the mountain slope'; Farès-Drappeau: 'on behalf of the ʿrḍ'; h- ʿrḍ, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'possessions'. 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: Line 4. For ʿrḍ compare Arabic ʿirḍ 'the side of a valley', 'a valley’, 'the low ground of a settled area', 'a valley in which there are many palm trees' (Lane 1863-1893: 2007c–2008a), etc. all of which would be appropriate to the oasis of al-ʿUlā. Line 5. Parts of this line have been damaged, but all but two letters are clear.

Provenance: Al-ʿUḏayb (Jabal ʿIkmah). The inscription is chiselled on a rock inside the gorge
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

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 98–100 Plate 3
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 218
Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 18 Plate 12a, 12b
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.
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

Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Topographic features
Script: Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID: #0037663
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