U 046

Siglum
U 046
Alternative Sigla
D 149, AH 020
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
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Translation
By H son of 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 ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

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.

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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 047

  • [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 98–100 Plate 3
  • [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 218
  • 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
  • [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.
  • [U] 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
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0037663
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA