Al-ʿUḏayb 001
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-ʿUḏayb 001
- Transliteration
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{y}---- / bn / ʾs¹ḥr----
ʾ{ẓ}l{w} / l- ḏġbt / f s¹ʿd {-h}m
w---- / ʾgw{w} ----OCIANA - Translation
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By / son of / {Y}---- son of ʾs¹ḥr----
{performed the ẓll-ceremony} for Ḏġbt and so help {them}
and ---- {organized} [the ẓll-ceremony] ----OCIANA - Language and Script
- Dadanitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
- Commentary
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There appears to be only one person mentioned in line 1, and so it is not clear why the verbs in lines 2 and 3, and the pronominal suffix in line 2, are in the plural. Line 2: The verb ʾ{ẓ}l{w} 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, ʾ{ẓ}l{w} and ʾ{ẓ}l{w} h-ẓll both mean "they performed the ẓll-ceremony".
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- Christian Julien Robin
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Horizontal line right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- It is below AH 147, to the right of Al-ʿUḏayb 003, to the left of U 112 and above Al-ʿUḏayb. 002
- [Al-ʿUḏayb] Dadanitic inscriptions from Al-Udayb photographed by Ch. Robin, L. Nehmé, and J. Ryckmans, and published on OCIANA
- 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
- Site
- Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 2009
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0038366
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Updated
09 Jul, 2025
by
Michael Macdonald
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OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 001.' OCIANA. 09 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15343. Accessed: 30 Jan, 2026.