U 116

Siglum
U 116
Transliteration
ʿbdʾtbl
hẓll / l- ḏġ-
bt / f rḍy -h
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Translation
By -h son of ʿbdʾtbl
performed the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏġ-
bt and so may he favour him
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Sima: f rḍ -h rather than f rḍy -h. TRANSLATION Line 2. hẓll, Sima: 'he covered (the subterranean water-channel)'.
Commentary
Line 2. Note hẓll for the more common ʾẓll. The verb hẓll means "he performed the ẓll-ceremony", the exact nature of which we do not know. Usually, but not always, this verb is followed by the noun h-ẓll meaning "the ẓll-ceremony". Thus, hẓll and hẓll h-ẓll both mean "he performed the ẓll-ceremony" Line 3. The end of U 115/1 has been incised over the beginning of the last line of this text.

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 31

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is above U 115 and to the left of AH 168

  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 31 Plate 26a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037645
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA