Al-ʿUḏayb 127
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-ʿUḏayb 127
- Transliteration
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{g}dn / bn / {ʾ}---- / ʾẓl-
l / l- ḏġbt / b- kh-
l / f rḍ -h / w s¹ʿd
-h / w ʾḫ[r]t -hOCIANA - Translation
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By / son of / {Gdn} son of {ʾ----} performed
the ẓll-ceremony for Ḏġbt at Kh-
l and so favour him and help
him and his {posterity}OCIANA - Language and Script
- Dadanitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
DISCUSSION: Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
- Commentary
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Lines 1–2: 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
- 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
- Site
- The oasis of 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
- #0038493
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10 Jul, 2025
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Michael Macdonald
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