U 050

Siglum
U 050
Transliteration
s¹my / bn / tlġl
ʾẓll / l- ḏġbt / ṯl-
ṯt / ʾẓlt / ʿly- / {ḏ-} kn
{l-} -h / b- bdr / f r{ḍ} -h / w {s¹}ʿ-
d -h
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Translation
By -h son of S¹my son of Tlġl
performed for Ḏġbt three
ẓll-ceremonies for {what} belongs
{to} him in Bdr and so f{avour} him and {help}
him
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Sima: ʾẓl bʿd---- rather than ʾẓlt ʿly {ḏ} -kn. Line 4. Sima does not read the beginning of this line. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ʾẓll l- ḏġbt ṯlṯt ʾẓlt, Sima: '(he) covered for Ḏġbt three water-channels'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 2004: 521–522 §4.4.1. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, for the place name Bdr. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 049

  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30
  • 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
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • [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
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0033116
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA