KPR_MV_Dad 3

Image © DAP
Siglum
KPR_MV_Dad 3
Alternative Sigla
DDN_S_00270_001
Transliteration
ḥgzh / bn / s¹d / yb=
nʾl / w ʾḥyh / bn / w=
hb / ḥyw / qymy / mg=
dl / ḏġbt / ḥdṯw
h- bt / w bnyw / h- m=
qdr / w hn- ʾrbʿw
hn- ʿlyy / l- ḏmʿl=
y / f- rḍ -hm / w ʾḫrt
-h{m} / s¹nt / ṯlṯn / w s¹=
t / lḏn / bn / hnʾs¹
/ s²rḥ / bn / tm / ḏ ʿbḍḍ / h-
s¹fr
Fokelien Kootstra-Ford
Translation
Ḥgzh son of S¹d {son of} ybnʾl and ʾḥyh son of Whb {son of} Ḥyw, custodians of the mgdl of Ḏġbt; they renovated the temple and built the Mqdr and the highest sanctuary for Ḏmʿly, so may he favour them and their posterity, the year thirty-six of Lḏn son of Hnʾs¹ S²rḥ son of Tm of the lineage of ʿbḍḍ, [is] the scribe
Fokelien Kootstra-Ford
Language and Script
Dadanitic

Interpretation

Commentary

This is a building and dedication text by two custodians of the Mgdl (“tower”, cf. Aramaic mgdl; perhaps also “palace”) of Ḏūġābat. They renovated the temple (h-bt) and built the mqdr and “the highest sanctuary” (hn-ʾrbʿw hn-ʿlyy; ʿlyy perhaps a feminine elative /ʿulyē/) for Ḏmʿly.

Dating: Year 36 of king Lḏn son of Hnʾs¹. AHUD 1, an Ancient South Arabian-script text, shows that a king lḏn son of hnʾs¹ reigned during the Minaean colony period (3rd to mid-1st century BC).

The scribe S²rḥ son of Tm of the lineage ʿbḍḍ probably recurs in JSLih 082.

OCIANA

Editio Princeps
Kootstra-Ford et al. 2026
Field Collector
Dadan Archaeological Project (DAP) survey team

Technique
Relief
Direction of Script
Right to left

  • [KPR_MV_Dad] Kootstra-Ford, F., Pinot, J. & Rohmer, J. Up on the mountain, down in the valley: New clues to the spatial and social organization of religion at ancient Dadan, and to the political-economic context of the late Lihyanite period. Pages 195-219 in J.M. Tebes & M.C.A. Macdonald (eds), Crossing Sacred Landscapes: Contacts and Continuities in the Desert Cults and Beliefs of Ancient Northern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2026.
Site
Jabal al-Khuraybah, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
March 2020
Subjects
Building, Genealogy, Lineage, Deity, Prayer, Religion
Updated 13 Nov, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Fokelien Kootstra-Ford and OCIANA, 'KPR_MV_Dad 3,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 13 Nov, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47983. Accessed: 14 Nov, 2026.