U 120

Text Information

Siglum
U 120
Transliteration
ʿbd / ʿbdh /
bn / bḥmh ----
l- ḏġbt
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Translation
ʿbd ʿbdh
son of Bḥmh ----
for Ḏġbt
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Sima reads ʿbdʿbdh but there is a clear word-divider between ʿbd and ʿbdh. Line 2. Sima: bḥmm/ʾẓll for bḥmh ----, but the second m, the word-divider and ʾẓll cannot be seen on the photograph. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt..

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • 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 32
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0033147
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA