U 089

Siglum
U 089
Alternative Sigla
AH 085
Transliteration
s¹lm / bn / s²rdh / ʾẓll
h- ẓll / b- khl[ / ]bʿd / ml -h
b- mh{g}t / l- ḏġbt / f rḍ -h
w ʾḫrt -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / S¹lm son of S²rdh performed
the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for the sake of his property
in {Mhg}t for Ḏġbt and so favour him
and his posterity
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Lines 1–2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll h- ṭll for ʾẓll h- ẓll. Line 2. Sima: nḫl -h rather than ml -h. Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan reads Mhgt while Sima reads Mhmt. TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. ʾẓll h- ẓll, Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'. Line 2. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl; Sima: 'by his abilities'; bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–23, for the place names Mh{m}t and Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 3. mh{g}t The third letter of this place name is not very clear on the photograph and unfortunately, the place name has not occurred in any other Dadanitic inscription known so far. However, on the photograph it is clear that the first letter (m) is open at the base while it seems very likely that the third letter of the name is closed at the base, thus providing the differentiation between m and g

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 088

  • [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 231–233 Plate 11
  • 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 27 Plate 21a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037708
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'U 089.' OCIANA. 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15193. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.