U 027.2

Siglum
U 027.2
Transliteration
nfyl----mt / ʾ-
ẓlt / h- ẓl-
l / l- ḏġbt / bʿd
nḫl -h / b- bdr / f rḍ -h
OCIANA
Translation
By -h son of Nfyl----mt per-
formed the ẓll-ceremony
for Ḏġbt for the sake of
her palm trees in Bdr and so favour her
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, for the place name Bdr. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary
The inscription is carelessly incised, so that several letters cannot be read clearly. It is not clear whether the text finishes with the line 4 or continues in more lines, since traces of more letters can be recognised. The question is whether these belong to this inscription or to another inscription, which cannot be deciphered. The text is very close to U 027, but was not published by Sima 1999.

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 027, to the left of U 017.1 (unp.), and above U 024 and U 028

  • 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 128
Site
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0038346
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA

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OCIANA, 'U 027.2,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15325. Accessed: 14 Apr, 2026.