AH 084

Text Information

Siglum
AH 084
Alternative Sigla
Sima 1999: 42
Transliteration
zkyh / s¹l[ḥ] / ḏġb-
t[ / ]ʾẓll / h- ẓll / l- ḏ-
ġbt[ / ]bʿd / ṯbrt -h
f rḍ -h[ / ]w ʾṯb -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of Zkyh {priest of} Ḏġb-
t performed the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏ-
ġbt for the sake of his grain
and so favour him and reward him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll h- ṭll rather than ʾẓll h- ẓll. TRANSLATION Line 1. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥ. Line 2. ʾẓll h- ẓll, Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'. Line 3. ṯbr -h, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'his agricultural field'; bʿd ṯbr -h, Sima: 'in the direction of his fallow field'.

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 42

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is below AH 090, to the right of AH 089 and to the left of U 089

  • [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 229–231 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 42
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037758
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA