U 081

Siglum
U 081
Alternative Sigla
AH 139
Transliteration
dʿṯh / bn / ḥbbh
ʾẓll / b- khl / l- ḏġb-
t / bʿd / ml -h / f rḍ -h / w ʾḫrt -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of Dʿṯh son of Ḥbbh
performed the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for Ḏġ-
bt for the sake of his property and so favour him and his posterity
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Sima: kʿ[l] rather than ḥbbh; Abū l-Ḥasan: ḥmlh rather than ḥbbh. Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll rather than ʾẓll. TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓll, Sima: '(he) covered (the subterranean water-channel)'. Line 2. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. Line 3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 2. 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".

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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
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  • [AH] Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Qirāʾah li-kitābāt liḥyāniyyah min ǧabal ʿakmah bi-minṭaqat al-ʿulā. Al-Riyāḍ: Maktabat al-malik fahd al-waṭaniyyah, 1997. pp 302–303 Plate 16
  • 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 25
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037715
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