Al-ʿUḏayb 132
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-ʿUḏayb 132
- Transliteration
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zdʿ / s¹lḥ / ḏġ-
bt / ʾẓll / ʿly
{d}ṯʾ {-h} / w nḫl
[-h] [f] rḍ -hOCIANA - Translation
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Zdʿ priest of Ḏġ-
bt performed the ẓll-ceremony for
his {crops of the season of the later rains} and {his}
palm trees {and so} favour himOCIANA - Language and Script
- Dadanitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
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Line 2: The verb ʾẓll means "he 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, ʾẓll and ʾẓll h-ẓll both mean "he performed the ẓll-ceremony".
- 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
- Site
- The oasis of al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 2009
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion, Season
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0038433
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Updated
10 Jul, 2025
by
Michael Macdonald
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OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 132.' OCIANA. 10 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15405. Accessed: 10 Sep, 2025.