Al-ʿUḏayb 061

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Siglum: Al-ʿUḏayb 061
Transliteration: ----ʾs¹ / bnt ḫfy
s¹lḥ / ḏġbt
ʾẓllt / bʿd /
ṯbrt -h / b- ḏṯʿ-
ʿl / f rḍ -h
ʿbdbtt
OCIANA
Translation: By / son of Ḫfy ----ʾs¹ daughter of Ḫfy
priest of Ḏġbt
performed the ẓll-ceremony for the sake of her
grain in Ḏṯʿ-
ʿl and so favour her
ʿbdbtt
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.
Commentary: The fact that the letter-forms are similar in all six lines (compare the d in lines 3 and 6), suggests that the personal name in line 6 belongs to this inscription, even though it appears out of place. Line 3. The verb ʾẓllt 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, ʾẓllt and ʾẓllt h-ẓll both mean "she performed the ẓll-ceremony".

Associated Inscriptions: It is below AH 009, to the right of Al-ʿUḏayb 062 and above U 075

[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

Updated 10 Jul, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

OCIANA,. 'Al-ʿUḏayb 061.' OCIANA. 10 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15478. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.