Al-ʿUḏayb 075

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Siglum: Al-ʿUḏayb 075
Alternative Sigla: Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 72–76
Transliteration: ḥbs¹ / w s¹ṭ -h / s¹ṭ
ʿn ʿḏrʾl
ʾgw -h / {ẓ}nfs¹s¹
w ḥggw / ḏġbt
b- khl / f rḍ -hm
OCIANA
Translation: Ḥbs¹ and his officer, commanded
for (instead of) ʿḏrʾl,
performed it [the ẓll-ceremony] {Ẓnfs¹s¹}
and made the pilgrimage [for] Ḏġbt
at Khl and so favour them
OCIANA
Language and Script: Dadanitic/Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: DISCUSSION: Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary: Line 1: For s¹ṭ compare Arabic sawṭ, Hebrew šōṭ and Syrian sawṭ "a whip, a scourage". Note the expression in Classical Arabic: fulān yasūṭ al-ḥarb ‘such a one superintendents, manages or conducts, in person, the war’ (Lane 1863-1893: 1467a). It is clear that s¹ṭ refers to an ‘officer’ (‘someone who commands’). Given the paucity of examples in known inscriptions, however, it is hard to determine what kind of officer he was and what exactly the duties of such an officer were (Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 74). The inscription is labelled as U unp. 075 by Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 72.

Associated Inscriptions: It is below Al-ʿUḏayb 074 and to the right of Al-ʿUḏayb 073

[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
Hidalgo-Chacón Díez, M. del C. Three Dadanitic inscriptions from al-·Uḏayb (oasis of al-ʿUlā) and the occurrence of the word s¹ṭ. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 72–78
[Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.

Updated 10 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 075.' OCIANA. 10 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15447. Accessed: 25 Jan, 2026.