DASI ID: ID: 7157
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Text:
Translations:
1Mgd son of Ḥrb 2Ḫṯmh performed [the ẓll-ceremony] 3[for] ḏ-Ġbt at Khl 4for the [sake of] his crops of the season of the first rains in Bd[r] 5and so fa[vour) him and his descendants.
Translation Notes:
2-3Sima treats the second name in the double name as a lineage name. Thus, he translates 'of the family of N'.
4For the translation of ḫrf see Macdonald.
For other translations see the bibliography.
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: Relief
Concordances: AH 021
Spatial
Site: al-ʿUlā, al-Madīna, Saudi Arabia
Ancient Name: Ddn
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