Al-ʿUḏayb 060

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Siglum
Al-ʿUḏayb 060
Transliteration
ḏ / ydʿ / bn
ʿ---- ʾẓl[l]
bʿ{d} l- -h
b- ḏʿ[m]n
[l-] ḏġbt
f rḍ -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of ḏ Ydʿ son of
ʿ---- {performed} {the ẓll-ceremony}
{for the sake of} what he has
in {Ḏʿmn}
{for} Ḏġbt
and so favour him
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

DISCUSSION: Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 19–20, for the place name Ḏʿ[m]n. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

Commentary

For the apotropaic symbol ḏ at the beginning of the inscription see Macdonald (2004: 509).

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
  • 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
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Site
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
2009
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0038425
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Updated 10 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 060.' OCIANA. 10 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15398. Accessed: 25 Jan, 2026.