U 084

Siglum
U 084
Transliteration
ʾfṣh / bn
s¹ʿd / ʾẓll
h- ẓll / b- kh[l] / l-
ḏġbt / bʿd
dṯʾ -h / b- ḏṯʿʿ-
l / f rḍ -h / w
{ʾ}ṯb -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of ʾfṣh son of
S¹ʿd performed
the ẓll-ceremony at {Khl} for
Ḏġbt for the sake of
his crops of the season of the later rains in Ḏṯʿʿ-
l and so favour him and
{reward} him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 3. Sima does not read b- Kh[l] but it can be seen on the photograph. The mason omitted the l of Khl probably by haplography. Line 4. Sima restores bʿd, but it can be seen on the photograph. Line 5. Sima restores the b but does not read ḏṯʿʿl, which can be seen on the photograph. Lines 6–7. Sima does not read the l (of ḏṯʿʿl) at the beginning of line 6 and restores the w at the end of that line, although it can be seen on the photograph. He does not read line 7. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. ʾẓll h- ẓll b- kh[l], Sima: '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel by his abilities'. Line 5. dṯʾ -h, Sima: 'his spring field'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 1992: 2–3, 7 for dṯʾ. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 19–22, for the place names Ḏṯʿʿl and Kh[l]. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The condition of the rock did not allow the carver to align the last line with those above it.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
In relief
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the left of U 083

  • 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
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999. pp 25–26 Plate 20a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0037712
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