U 090

Siglum
U 090
Alternative Sigla
AH 083
Transliteration
bs² / bnt / zdḏġbt / w
ʿr / bn / hnʾs¹d / w ḥyh / b-
n / s¹ry / {ḏ-} ʿmrtʿ / ʾẓlw / ẓl-
l ----b{n}y / ḏ- ʿmrtʿ / f rḍ -h-
m / w ʾḫrt -hm
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Translation
By -hm son of Bs² daughter of Zdḏġbt w
ʿr son of Hnʾs¹d and Ḥyh son
S¹ry {of the lineage of} ʿmrtʿ performed a ẓll-ceremony
----bn{y} of the lineage of ʿmrtʿ and so favour
them and their posterity
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Sima: ʿh----[bn] ʾs¹d rather than ʿr bn hnʾs¹d. Line 3. Sima: btʿ rather than s¹ry {ḏ-} ʿmrtʿ. Lines 3–4. Abū l-Ḥasan: mrtʿ ʾṭllw ṭll ----y rather than {ḏ-} ʿmrtʿ ʾẓllw ẓll ----b{n}y. TRANSLATION Lines 3–4. ʾẓlw ẓll, Sima: '(they) covered ----'.
Commentary
The inscription is carved in relief. It is possible that the carver forgot the definite article before ẓll but we have translated it as it stands, as "a ẓll-ceremony".. The group name ʿmrtʿ occurs many times in the Minaic and Dadanitic inscriptions from al-ʿUlā, see for example JSMin 11/6, 69, 86, 94, etc. and JSLih 245, 276, 281, 288, U 72, AHUD 1, Müller, D.H. 1889: 83-84, no. 57.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 091

  • [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 226–229 Plate 11
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 27 Plate 21b
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037707
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA