U 092

Text Information

Siglum
U 092
Transliteration
---- [bn]
ʿbdh / ʾẓl-
l / bʿd / ḏ- [l-] [-h][ / ][b-]
bdr / l- ḏġbt
f rḍ -h / w ʾṯb -h
OCIANA
Translation
---- [son of]
ʿbdh perfor-
med {the} {ẓll-ceremony} for the sake of {what belongs to him} {in}
Bdr for Ḏġbt
and so favour him and reward him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ʾẓll bʿd, Sima: '(he) covered (the subterranean water-channel) in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, for the place name Bdr. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The photograph is of very poor quality and the inscription cannot be read clearly. The reading here is based on Sima's interpretation.

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 27-28

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • 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 27–28 Plate 21b
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037705
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA