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 ----
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Translation
By / son of 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 ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

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.

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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 39–42
  • [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 228 Plate XXXI
  • [Lane] 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.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0037785
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