U 005

Siglum
U 005
Alternative Sigla
D 110, AH 052, Al-Qudrah 1993: 19-20, no. 17, Drewes 1983: 428, no. 17, Stiehl A 17, van den Branden 1969: 77, no. 38, Altheim & Stiehl 1968: 30–31, D
Transliteration
ḥmyh / bnt
nẓrh / ʾft / h- ẓ-
ll / ḏh / l- ḏġbt
b- khl / bʿd / ml
-h / f rḍ -h / w s¹ʿd -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of Ḥmyh daughter of
Nẓrh accomplished this
ẓll-ceremony for Ḏġbt
at Khl for the sake of her
property and so favour her and help her
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: ṭymh for ḥymh. Line 2. Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden, Drewes, and Farès-Drappeau (though she reads nẓrh in the commentary): nṭrh for nẓrh; Abū l-Ḥasan: nḍrh for nẓrh and h- ṭll for h- ẓll. Line 4. Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: b- s¹hl for b- khl. Lines 4–5. Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: mlṭ for ml -h. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾfy, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(she) offered'. Lines 2–3. ʾft h- ẓll ḏh, Altheim and Stiehl followed by Al-Qudrah: '(she) set up this awning'; van den Branden: '(she) renovated this cistern'; Stiehl: '(she) gave this awning'; Sima: '(she) maintained this subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(she) paid for the sacrifice'. Line 4. b- khl, Stiehl followed by Sima: 'by her abilities'; Al-Qudrah: 'professionally'; Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; bʿd, Altheim and Stiehl followed by van den Branden: 'Then''; Sima: 'in the direction of'; bʿd ml -h, Farès-Drappeau: 'on behalf of her winter harvest'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 2004: 515, 519–520. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is in relief. A large crack in the rock, which must predate the inscription, means that the beginning of line 1 is not aligned with those below it.

Editio Princeps
Stiehl 1971: 23

Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is below U 004, to the right of U 010, and to the left of U 002

  • [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 162–164 Plate 7
  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. Dirāsah muʿǧamiyyah li-ʾalfāẓ al-nuqūš al-liḥyāniyyah fī ʾiṭār al-luġāt al-sāmiyyah al-ǧanūbiyyah. Unpublished MA Thesis, Epigraphy Section, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Irbid. 1993.
  • Altheim, F. & Stiehl, R. Die Araber in der Alten Welt. (5 volumes). Berlin: de Gruyter, 1964-1969.
  • Drewes, A.J. Liḥyanitische Inscripties. Pages 424-429 in K.R. Veenhof (ed.), Schrijvend Verleden. Documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten vertaald en toegelicht. Leiden: Ex Oriente Lux / Zutphen: Terra, 1983.
  • [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 200 Plate XXVII
  • 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
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. p 7 Plate 2a
  • [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, 23 Plate 21
  • Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions liḥyanites de R. Stiehl. Al-Machriq 63, 1969: 67-79.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037699
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