U 048

Siglum
U 048
Transliteration
ʾmtlh / bnt
wʾl / ʾṭlt
l- ḏġbt / bʿ-
d / ml -h / b- tqmm
f rḍ -h / w s¹ʿd -h
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Translation
By -h son of ʾmtl daughter of
Wʾl performed the ẓll-ceremony
for Ḏġbt for the
sake of her property at Tqmm
and so favour her and help her
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ʾ{ẓ}lt l- ḏġbt bʿd, Sima: '(she) covered (the subterranean water-channel) for Ḏġbt in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Macdonald (in press): note 34. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 18, for the place name Tqmm. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is bounded by lines at the top and on the right side. Line 1. The personal name could be read as ʾmts²h. However, this name is not found in any other Dadanitic inscription, whereas ʾmtlh is (see Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2010: 119). Line 2. Note that the normal ʾẓlt appears here as ʾṭlt. Compare AH 009.1 where ʾṭll is written for ʾẓll. The verb ʾẓlt (here ʾṭlt) means "she 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, ʾẓlt andʾẓlt h-ẓll both mean "she performed the ẓll-ceremony".

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

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 047

  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Die theophoren Personennamen in den dadanischen Inschriften. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangen des Dr. phil. dem Fachbereich Fremdsprachliche Philologien der Phillips-Universität Marburg. Marburg: Philipps-Universität Marburg Universitätsbibliothek, 2010
  • 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. Towards a reassessment of the Ancient North Arabian alphabets used in the oasis of al-ʿUlā. Pages 1–19 in M.C.A. Macdonald (ed.), Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia. (Supplement to volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018.
  • [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 12a, 12b
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037660
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA