Al-ʿUḏayb 014

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Siglum
Al-ʿUḏayb 014
Transliteration
s¹ʿdʾl / bn / ʿḏr / ḏ- l----ʿn
hẓll / ẓll / h- nq / l- ḏġ[b]t / f r-
ḍ -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / S¹ʿdʾl son of ʿḏr of the lineage of L----ʿn
performed a ẓll-ceremony on the top of the mountain for {Ḏġbt} and so
favour him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

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

Commentary

The expression ẓll h-nq can either mean "the ẓll-ceremony on the mountain top" or "the ẓll-ceremony of the mountain top", that is a special version of the ceremony celebrated there.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Inscriptions
It is below Al-ʿUḏayb 008, Al-ʿUḏayb 009 and a Nabataean inscription, to the left of Al-ʿUḏayb 015 and above Al-ʿUḏayb 013

  • [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
The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Religion, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0038379
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Updated 09 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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