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U 040.1

Siglum
U 040.1
Transliteration
ʾrs²/ʾy{ḏ} ʾẓll h- ẓll hny/hn- ʾ– ḫrt
Translation
ʾrs² {ʾyḏ} performed the ẓll-ceremony may [the deity] aid the posterity

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is very close to U 040, but was not published by Sima 1999. In Classical Arabic hanaʾa means among other things "to aid, succour, defend" (Lane 1863-1893: 2902c)

Provenance
Al-ʿUḏayb (Jabal ʿIkmah)
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 040 and U unp. 056

  • Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999.
  • 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
Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0038351
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