Al-ʿUḏayb 088
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-ʿUḏayb 088
- Transliteration
-
tmlk / bnt
---- hẓllt
----
---- [ḏ][ġ]-
bt ----
[----]OCIANA - Translation
-
By / son of Tmlk daughter of
---- performed the ẓll-ceremony
----
---- {Ḏġ-
bt} ----
[----]OCIANA - Language and Script
- Dadanitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
A great portion of the inscription cannot be read because the rock-face is very worn. Line 2: The verb hẓllt 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, hẓllt and hẓllt h-ẓll both mean "she performed the ẓll-ceremony".
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- Christian Julien Robin
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Horizontal line right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- It is below AH 001 and to the right of Al-ʿUḏayb 087
- [Al-ʿUḏayb] Dadanitic inscriptions from Al-Udayb photographed by Ch. Robin, L. Nehmé, and J. Ryckmans, and published on OCIANA
- Site
- Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Date Found
- 2009
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Religion, Women
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0038454
- Download Image
Updated
10 Jul, 2025
by
Michael Macdonald
Cite this Site
OCIANA, 'Al-ʿUḏayb 088,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 10 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15424. Accessed: 07 Apr, 2026.