AH 140

Siglum: AH 140
Alternative Sigla: Sima 1999: 46
Transliteration: ys¹lm/bn/ʿlʾm ʾgw[/]h- hb/b- khl bʿd/ml -h/b- ḏʿmn f rḍ -h/w ʾḫrt [-h]
Translation: Ys¹lm son of ʿlʾm organized the veneration at Khl for the sake of his property in Ḏʿmn and so favour him and {his} posterity

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Sima: ʿlʾl for ʿlʾm. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: hhm for h- hb; Sima: h- ẓl for h- hb. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾgw, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(he) offered'; ʾgw h- ẓl, Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'; b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. Line 3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 19–22, for the place names Ḏʿmn and Khl.
Commentary: The photograph shows that the second word in line 2 is h- hb. Although the second h is damaged it is still clear, and the following letter can only be a b, although the small vertical crack in the rock above it makes it resemble a s¹. This is also what Abū l-Hasan's copy shows. Very tentatively, we would Interpret hb here by comparison with the infinitive of the Arabic verb hāba "to revere, venerate respect" (Lane 1863-1893: 2908c), so that ʾgw h- hb here would mean "he organized the veneration", presumably a reference to a religious ceremony intended to induce the deity's goodwill.

Associated Inscriptions: It is below U 081, to the left of AH 141 and above AH 100

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 303–305 Plate 16
Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 46
Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30