U 029

Siglum
U 029
Alternative Sigla
D 115, Al-Qudrah 1993: 21, no. 22, Stiehl A 22
Transliteration
ʿyḏ / bn[ / ]z{h}lḥ / w bn -h
ʾmḥh / ʾ{ẓ}lw / h- {ẓ}-
ll / l- ḏġbt / bʿd
ml -h / b- t[q]m{m} / f rḍ -h
w ʾḫrt -h / w
s¹ʿd [-h]
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Translation
By -h son of ʿyḏ son of {Zhlḥ} and his son
ʾmḥh {performed} the {ẓll-
ceremony}
for Ḏġbt for the sake of
his property in {Tqmm} and so favour him
and his posterity and
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Stiehl followed by Sima, Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau does not read the patronym zhlḥ. Line 2. Stiehl followed by Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: ʾlmh rather than ʾmḥh. Line 3. Stiehl followed by Al-Qudrah and Farès-Drappeau: b- t[ymm] rather than b- tqmm. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾ{ẓ}lw h- ẓll, Stiehl: '(they) took care of the awning'; Al-Qudrah: '(they) constructed the awning ; Sima: '(they) covered the subterranean [water-channel]'; Farès-Drappeau: '(they) offered the sacrifice' Line 3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'; bʿd ml -hm, Farès-Drappeau: 'on behalf of their winter harvest'. DISCUSSION Déroche 1987: 104. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 18, for the place name T[q]m{m}. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The break in the rock clearly predates the inscription since nothing is missing from the text. Note the verb (ʾ{ẓ}lw) is in the plural rather than the dual despite the two subjects.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is below U 028, to the right of U 032 and to the left of U 025, and U 026

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾlfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī iṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • Déroche, F. Recherches sur l'oasis de Dedan / al-Ula. Thèse de Doctorat: Études arabo-islamiques, Paris IV, 1987. [Unpublished], 1987.
  • [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 203
  • 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 13
  • [Stiehl A] Stiehl, R. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften aus al-ʿUḏaib I mit einem Nachtrag M. Höfners. Pages 3-40, 565-566, 569-594, pl. 1-45 in F. Altheim and R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1971. pp 4, 25–26 Plate 25
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Relatives, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037675
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA