Al-ʿUḏayb 008

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Siglum
Al-ʿUḏayb 008
Transliteration
ʾmtlh / bnt / ʾhbb
ʾgt / h- ẓll / bʿd / dṯʾ -h
b- ḏṯʿʿl / l- ḏġbt / f rḍ -h
w ʾ[ḫ]rt -h / w ʾṯ[b] -h / {w} [s¹]{ʿ}[d] -h
OCIANA
Translation
By / son of / ʾmtlh daughter of ʾhbb
organized the ẓll-ceremony for the sake of her crops of the season of the later rains
in Ḏṯʿʿl for Ḏġbt and so favour her
and her {posterity} and {reward} her {and} {help} her
OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 19, for the place name Ḏṯʿʿl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

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. 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
Site
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
2009
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Agriculture, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Religion, Season, Women
Old OCIANA ID
#0038503
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Updated 09 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 008.' OCIANA. 09 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15470. Accessed: 13 Feb, 2026.