Al-ʿUḏayb 009

Text Information

Siglum
Al-ʿUḏayb 009
Transliteration
ḫmmh / bn / ʿ{b}----
ʾgw / h- ẓll / l- ḏ-
ġbt / ʿly- / dṯʾ
-h / b- ṯr / f rḍ -h / w
ʾṯb -h / w s¹ʿ[d] -h
OCIANA
Translation
Ḫmmh son of {ʿb----}
organized the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏ-
ġbt for his crops of the season of the later rains
in Ṯr and so favour him and
reward him and {help} him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 18, for the place name. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Commentary

Line 4. The b in b- ṯr is closed at the bottom.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
Christian Julien Robin

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [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. Place names in the Dadanitic inscriptions of al-ʿUḏayb. Adumatu 30, 2014: 15-30 pp 18
  • 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 pp 128
Site
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
2009
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0038374
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Updated 06 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 009.' OCIANA. 06 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15350. Accessed: 14 Aug, 2025.