Bron-al-ʿUḏayb 1

Siglum
Bron-al-ʿUḏayb 1
Alternative Sigla
Sima 1999: 34–35, Bron 1996
Transliteration
----l / wfn / b-
[n] / ----s¹n / w ʾmn / b-
[n] / ---- / ʾẓlw / h- ẓ-
[l][l][ / ] ----[ / ][l-] [ḏ]ġbt / hm -ḏ / t
----ʾl / ḏ bs¹n / f
---- -h / w s¹ʿd -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of ---- ----l Wfn {son
of} ----s¹n and ʾmn {son
of} ---- performed the {ẓ-
ll- ceremony} {for} {Ḏġbt} in accordance with
----ʾl of the lineage of Bs¹n and so
---- him and help him
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Lines 3–4. Bron: ʾṭll h- ṭll for ʾẓll h- ẓll. Line 6. Bron restores: [rḍ -h/w ʾḫrt]; Sima restores: [rḍy]. TRANSLATION Lines 3–4. ʾẓlw h- ẓ[l][l], Sima: 'they covered the subterranean water-channel'. Line 4. Sima: ʾl as 'compared with, in contrast to'. DISCUSSION 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

  • Bron, F. Une nouvelle inscription liḥyanite. Semitica 46, 1996: 165-168, pl. 18-19.
  • 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 34–35
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0036386
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