AH 163

Siglum
AH 163
Alternative Sigla
Sima 1999: 46–47
Transliteration
ḥzn / bnt / gzʾ
ʾẓllt / b- khl / b-
ʿd / ḏ- kn / l- -h[ / ]b-
dbr / f rḍ -h / w
ʾḫrt -h
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Translation
By -h son of Ḥzn daughter of Gzʾ
performed the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for
the sake of what belongs to her in
{Bdr} and so favour her and
her posterity
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭllt rather than ʾẓllt. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓllt, Sima: "covered (the subterranean water-channel)'; b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by her abilities'. Lines 2–3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, 20–22, for the place names Bdr and Khl.
Commentary
Line 4. The inscriber carved dbr instead of bdr.

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

Associated Inscriptions
It is below AH 151 and to the left U 118

  • [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 332–333 Plate 19
  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 46–47
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037783
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