U 048

Siglum: U 048
Transliteration: ʾmtlh/bnt wʾl/ʾṭlt l- ḏġbt/bʿ– d/ml -h/b- tqmm f rḍ -h/w s¹ʿd -h
Translation: 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

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".

Provenance: Al-ʿUḏayb (Jabal ʿIkmah). The inscription is chiselled on a rock inside the gorge
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

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