AH 011

Siglum
AH 011
Alternative Sigla
D 144, Sima 1999: 37
Transliteration
bnwd / w ʿlws² / ḏ- w-
ndm / hẓllw / ẓll / h-
nq / l- ḏġ[b]t / f rḍ -hm
OCIANA
Translation
By -hm son of Bnwd and ʿlws² of the lineage of W-
ndm performed the ẓll-ceremony
of the top of the mountain for {Ḏġbt} and so favour them
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: hṭllw ṭll rather than hẓllw ẓll. TRANSLATION Line 2. hẓllw ẓll, Sima; '(he) covered ???'; Farès-Drappeau: '(he) offered the sacrifice'. Lines 2–3. h- nq, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'the female camels'; Farès-Drappeau: 'the female camel'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 37

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of AH 013

  • [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 81–83 Plate 2
  • [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 216
  • 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 37 Plate 28a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Religion, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0037733
Download Images
Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA