U 049

Siglum
U 049
Transliteration
s¹ʿd
bn flwy
ʾgw [h-] ẓl-
l [l-] ḏġb[t] b-
ʿd {f} rḍ [-h] ----ṯ
OCIANA
Translation
By ----ṯ son of S¹ʿd
son of Flwy
organized {the} ẓl-
l-ceremony {for} {Ḏġbt} for
the sake of {and so} favour {him} and ----ṯ
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Sima does not read this line. Line 3. Sima does not restore the article h-. However this is necessary for the sense of the text. Line 5. The author has omitted a noun after the preposition bʿd and the expression [ʾ]ṯ[b] [-h] after the conjunction w-. Sima interprets the beginning of this line as [l]ʿ but these letters cannot be read on the photograph. TRANSLATION Lines 3–4. ʾgw [h-] ẓll, Sima: '(he) cleared out the water-channel'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is difficult to read. Several letters, word-dividers and expressions were omitted by the author.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 050

  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez. M. del C. The divine names at Dadan: a philological approach. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 46, 2016: 125–136
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 19 Plate 13a, 13b
Site
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033115
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