wadd

Noun

Meaning

An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.

Plumbago, or black lead.

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The Minaean colonists living in Deran (modern day Al-`Ula ) during the rule of Lihyanites worshipped Wadd as well. Source: Internet

There is evidence from Minaean inscriptions of the presence of Levites in the temple of Wadd who according to some scholars were either priests or cult servants who could later be promoted to higher positions. Source: Internet

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