Al-Ḫuraybah 14

Siglum
Al-Ḫuraybah 14
Alternative Sigla
RoA 120
Transliteration
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h- ṣyġ / h
wdq / h- m-
ṯlt / l- ḏ-
ġbt / f {r}-
ḍ{y} {-h} / {w}
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OCIANA
Translation
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the metalsmith offe-
red the
substitute to Ḏ-
ġbt and {may he favour} {him} {and}
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OCIANA
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Al-Ḫuraybah 14: Line 7. Al-Saʿīd: s¹ʿd -h in this line. TRANSLATION S. Farès in RoA: h-mṯlt "this statuette" for "this substitute" Al-Ḫuraybah 14: Lines 2–3: h- mṯlt as 'the sculpture image'.
Commentary
For another example of the offering of a substitute see JSLih 049 and the commentary there.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • [RoA] Al-Ghabbān, A.I., André-Salvini, B., Demange, F., Juvin C., & Cotty, M. Roads of Arabia. Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 14 July — 27 September, 2010. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2010 No. 120 pp 284
  • [Al-Ḫuraybah] Al-Saʿīd, S.F. Nuqūš dādān: dalālah wa-ʾl-maḍmūn. Pages 281-302 in Al-Saʿīd, S.F. & Al-Ghazī, ʿA. (eds), Kunūz aṯariyyah min dādān. Natāʾiǧ tanqībāt al-mawāsim al-sabaʿah al-ūlā. Volume 2. (Dirāsāt āṯāriyyah mīydāniyyah, 1). Riyadh: Al-ǧamʿiyah al-saʿūdiyyah li-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyyah, 1434–1435/2013–2014. No. 6 pp 296–297
Site
Al-ʿUlā, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ (338, D.5)
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0038732
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Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA

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OCIANA, 'Al-Ḫuraybah 14,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 08 Jan, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15556. Accessed: 06 Mar, 2026.