U 126

Siglum
U 126
Transliteration
ʿyḏh / ḏt / ṣd / ʾgt
l- ḏġb{t} / {h-} ẓll / ʿly- / n{ḫ}-
l -h / b- bdr / [w] b- ḏʾdn / f r-
ḍ -h / w s¹ʿd -h
OCIANA
Translation
ʿyḏh of the family of Ṣd organized
for {Ḏġbt} {the} ẓll-ceremony for her {palm
trees} in Bdr {and} in Ḏʾdn and so
favour her and help her
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION Lines 1–2. ʾgt h- ẓll, Sima: '(she) cleared out the subterranean water-channel'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, 18, for the place names Bdr and Ḏʾdn. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
Line 1. This is one of the rare cases in Dadanitic where we find the feminine (ḏt) of the pronoun ḏ.

Editio Princeps
Sima 1999: 32

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
It is below U 125 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
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Lineage, Place-name, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037724
Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'U 126,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15208. Accessed: 21 May, 2026.