DASI ID: ID: 7059
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Translations:
1ʾrs² son of 2Bʿl ʾs¹d 3performed the ẓll-ceremony 4and set up the statue 5for ḏ-Ġbt 6and so favour him.
Translation Notes:
2Sima, followed by Farès-Drappeau , takes ʾs¹d as a lineage name, translating "of the family of ʾs¹d".
4The meaning of word ṣlm is unclear in this text. It has usually been translated ‘statue’ but this would not seem appropriate in the context of this inscription which is roughly incised on a rock face. Sima (pp 97-98) argued that it should be translated ‘inscription’. However, quite apart from the etymological difficulties, this also does not seem appropriate, since if carving an inscription was part of the ceremony, why is it mentioned relatively seldom in the ẓll texts. In the absence so far of a convincing interpretation, we have left the word ṣlm untranslated.
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Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Linguistic
Language: Ancient North Arabian → Oasis North Arabian → Dadanitic
Alphabet: Ancient North Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Stiehl B 01, QDNL 032, AH 026, D 132
Spatial
Site: al-ʿUlā, al-Madīna, Saudi Arabia
Ancient Name: Ddn
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