U 125

Siglum
U 125
Transliteration
ʿbdyṯʿ / b[n] ----
ʾẓl l- ḏġbt
b- khl / ʿly- ----
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Translation
By / son of ---- ʿbdyṯʿ {son of} ----
performed the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏġbt
at Khl for ----
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Line 2. ʾẓl, Sima: '(he) covered (the subterranean water-channel)'. Line 3. b- khl, Sima: 'by his abilities'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Sima's reading. Line 2. The verb ʾẓl 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, ʾẓl and ʾẓl h-ẓll both mean "he performed the ẓll-ceremony".

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 32

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is above U 126 and to the left of U 124

  • 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 32 Plate 28b
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037723
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA