AH 198

Siglum: AH 198
Alternative Sigla: D 161
Transliteration: s²ʿt/ns¹ʾ [h]nʾktb/bn tms²ms¹/ḥyw ḥgg/l- ḏġb– t/b- h- mṣd/w ---- b/h- ṣlm/f rḍ ----
Translation: Party of {Ns¹ʾ– hnʾktb} son of Tms²ms¹ Ḥyw performed the pilgrimage for Ḏġb– t on the high [red] mountain and ---- b the statue and so favour ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan: w [qr] rather than w----. TRANSLATION Line 1. s²ʿt, Abū l-Ḥasan: personal name. Line 2. ḥgg, Farès-Drappeau: '(he) sanctified'.
Commentary: Lines 5–6. The left side of these lines is broken. In Classical Arabic (Lane 1863-1893: 2719b), the word maṣad means, among other things "a mountain top", or "a place of refuge". On the other hand, Abū l-Ḥasan (2002: 36–37) translates is as 'the high red mountain'. According to him, this meaning is consistent with the red colour of the Jabal Umm Daraǧ where the inscription has been found.

Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 39–42
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 228 Plate XXXI
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.