U 075

Siglum
U 075
Transliteration
qnh / bnt / ʾqḥwnh
w {ḫ}tn -h / ʿbb / ʾẓllw[ / ]l- ḏġ-
[b][t][ / ]bʿd / dṯʾ -h / b- hm-
ḏhb / f rḍ -hm / w ʾṯb-
hm
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / Qnh dauther of ʾqḥwnh
and her {relative in-law} ʿbb performed the ẓll-ceremony for {Ḏġ-
bt} for the sake of his/her crops of the season of the later rains in h-M-
ḏhb and so favour them and reward
them
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓllw, Sima: '(they) covered (the subterranean water-channel)'. Line 3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'; dṯʾ, Sima: 'the spring field'. DISCUSSION Macdonald 1992: 2–3, 7 for dṯʾ. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 23, for the place name h-Mḏhb.
Commentary
Line 2. The verb ʾẓllw means "they 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, ʾẓllw and ʾẓllw h-ẓll both mean "they performed the ẓll-ceremony". Line 3. The enclitic pronoun of the third singular masculine can refer both to Qhn or to her relative.

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

Associated Inscriptions
It is to the right of U 073

  • Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30
  • [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 24 Plate 18a, 18b, 19a, 28a
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Relatives, Religion, Season, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0037719
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