AH 015

Siglum
AH 015
Alternative Sigla
D 147, Sima 1999: 37
Transliteration
ḥs¹nh / s¹lḥt
ḏġbt / ʾft
ẓll / b- khl
nfy{h}
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Translation
Ḥs¹nh priestess of
Ḏġbt accomplished
a ẓll-ceremony at Khl
{Nfyh}
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ṭll for ẓll. Line 4. Sima: ----nfy h----; Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Farès-Drappeau: nfy---- at the end of this line. TRANSLATION Line 1. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥt. Line 2. ʾft, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(she) offered'. Lines 2–3. ʾft ẓll, Sima: '(she) cleared out the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(she) paid the sacrifice'. Line 3. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by her abilities'. Line 4. Sima does not translate this line. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
It is difficult to decide whether the first letter in line 3 is a ẓ or a ṭ (for ṭll see AH 009.1).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 076

  • [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 89–91 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 217
  • 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 Plate 28a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037736
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