AH 012

Siglum
AH 012
Alternative Sigla
D 145, Sima 1999: 37
Transliteration
ʾmh / s¹lḥt / ḏġbt / ʾẓllt
h- ẓll / b- khl / bʿd / nḫl -h / b- bnʾl
f rḍ -h / w s¹ʿd -h
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Translation
ʾmh priestess of Ḏġbt performed
the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for the sake of her palm trees in Bnʾl
and so favour her and help her
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Lines 1–2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭllt h- ṭll for ʾẓllt h- ẓll. TRANSLATION Line 1. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥt. Lines 1–2. ʾẓllt h- ẓll, Sima: '(she) covered the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(she) offered the sacrifice'. Line 2. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by her abilities'; bʿd nḫl -h: 'Farès-Drappeau: 'on behalf of her date harvest'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 17, 20–22, for the place names Bnʾl and Khl. 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 below 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 83–84 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. 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 37
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037734
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