Al-ʿUḏayb 127

Text Information

Siglum
Al-ʿUḏayb 127
Transliteration
{g}dn / bn / {ʾ}---- / ʾẓl-
l / l- ḏġbt / b- kh-
l / f rḍ -h / w s¹ʿd
-h / w ʾḫ[r]t -h
OCIANA
Translation
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

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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Updated 10 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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