U 044

Siglum
U 044
Transliteration
ʿbd / rgg / s¹l
ḥ / ḏġbt / w ʾb
-h / ʿnʾl / bn [----]
ʾẓlw / l- ḏġbt
b- khl / bʿd / m
kn / l- -hm / b- bdr
f rḍ -hm / w ʾḫr-
t -[h]m / w ʾṯb -hm
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of ---- ʿbd Rgg priest
of Ḏġbt and his
father ʿnʾl son of {----}
performed the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏġbt
at Khl for the sake of what
belongs to them in Bdr and so favour them and
{their} posterity and reward them
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥ. Lines 4–5. Sima: '(they) covered for Ḏġbt (the subterranean water-channel) by their abilities in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, 20–22, for the place names Bdr and Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 4. The verb ʾẓll 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, ʾẓll and ʾẓll h-ẓll both mean "he performed the ẓll-ceremony". Line 8. The author omitted the h of -hm.

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

Associated Inscriptions
It is far to the left of U 043

  • 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
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 17–18 Plate 10b, 11a
  • [Stiehl A] Stiehl, R. Neue liḥyānische Inschriften aus al-ʿUḏaib I mit einem Nachtrag M. Höfners. Pages 3-40, 565-566, 569-594, pl. 1-45 in F. Altheim and R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1971. p 4
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Relatives, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037664
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