U 095

Siglum
U 095
Alternative Sigla
AH 145
Transliteration
tm / bn / ʿyḏ / ḏ-
wṯmt / ʾgw / l-
ḏġbt / b- khl
[h-] [ẓ][l]l / bʿ-
d / nḫl -h / w dṯ-
ʾ -h / b- bdr / f
rḍ -h / w [ʾ]ḫrt [-h]
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Translation
By -h son of Tm son of ʿyḏ of the lineage of
Wṯmt organized for
Ḏġbt at Khl
{the} {ẓll-ceremony} for the
sake of his palm trees and his crops of the season of
the later rains in Bdr and so
favour him and {his} {posterity}
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 4. Abū l-Ḥasan: ṭll ---- [h-] ḏl bʿ for [h-] [ẓ][l]l bʿ. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾgw, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(he) offered'; Sima: '(he) cleared out'. Line 3. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. Lines 4–5. [h-] [ẓ][l]l bʿd, Sima: '[the subterranean water-channel] in the direction of'. Lint 5. dṯʾ -h, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'his spring harvest'; Sima: 'his spring field'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 1992: 2–3, 7 for dṯʾ. 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
Lines 5–7. These lines are carved carelessly with large spaces between the letters.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 094 and U 093

  • [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 312–315 Plate 17
  • 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
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 28 Plate 22a, 22b, 23a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Place-name, Religion, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0037702
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA