Al-ʿUḏayb 043

DISCUSSION: Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 15–16, for the place name Bdr. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Line 3: mqm presumably means the structure in which she performed the ẓll-ceremony and this may give us a hint as to what kind of ceremony it was, perhaps supporting the comparison with the Jewish "festival of booths", Sukkōṯ, as suggested by Beeston (1974: 172–173). The verb ʾ{ẓ}lt means "she 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}lt and ʾ{ẓ}lt h-ẓll both mean "she performed the ẓll-ceremony".