U 037.1

Siglum
U 037.1
Transliteration
ʿys¹----
w {r}s²mṭ
ʾ[ẓ]ll h----
b- byr ----
----f / ʿ----ʾd----hm
f rḍ -h / w ʾḫrt [-h]
w
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Translation
ʿys¹----
and {Rs²mṭ}
{performed} the ẓll-ceremony
in Byr ----
----f/ʿ----dḥ----m
and so favour him and {his} posterity
and
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Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is carelessly incised. The left side of the inscription cannot be read clearly on the photoraph. The text is very close to U 037, but was not published by Sima 1999. Line 3. The verb ʾ[ẓ]ll 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, ʾ[ẓ]ll and ʾ[ẓ]ll h-ẓll both mean "he performed the ẓll-ceremony".

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

Associated Inscriptions
It is below AH 032.1 (unp.) and to the left of U 036 and U 037

  • [U] Sima, A. Die lihyanischen Inschriften von al-ʿUḏayb (Saudi-Arabien). (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 1). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1999.
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0038347
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA