ShNGA 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- ShNGA 1
- Transliteration
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l ḥmlt bn s¹lm ʾ- lṣṭ ḏ- ʾl {ḍ}{f} w ʿyr b- rhṭ -h ʿmrn ḏ- ʾl gʿbr [w] tmlh ḏ- ʾl ʾṭ w ḏkr ʾrhṭt -h f h lt s¹lm {w} wqyt m- bʾs¹
Michael Macdonald
- Translation
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By Ḥmlt son of S¹lm, the bandit, of the lineage of {Ḍf} and he was on a journey with his kinsmen, ʿmrn of the lineage of Gʿbr [and] Tmlh of the lineage of ʾṭ and he remembered his kinsmen, so, O Lt, [grant] security {and} protection from misfortune
Michael Macdonald
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 4
Interpretation
- Commentary
The word lṣṭ is drawn from Greek ληστής (SafDict, 93a). This word is preceded by the ʾ- definite article here, but another inscription written by the same man, AMSI 50, uses the h- definite article (Al-Jallad 2018c: 10-13).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- ʿAbd al-Qāder Al-Huṣān
- Technique
- Rocking blade
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Associated Inscriptions
- Al-Jallad, A. What is Ancient North Arabian? Pages 1-45 in D. Birnstiel and N. Pat-El (eds.), Re-Engaging Comparative Semitic and Arabic Studies. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2018
- [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
- [ShNGA] Al-Shdefat, Y.M. Naqš ṣafawiyy min ǧabal ʿanāzah fī šamāl šarq al-urdunn, "ʾiʿādat qirāʾah wa-taḥlīl." Maǧallat muʾtah li-l-buḥūṯ wa-ʾl-dirāsāt (silsilat al-ʿulūm al-insāniyyah wa-ʾl-iǧtimāʿiyyah) 18:3, 2003: 213-229
- Site
- Ǧabal ʿAnāzah, Jordan
- Current Location
- Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
- Subjects
- Definite article (unusual), Genealogy, Grieving for a group, Lineage (ancestor), Movement, Prayer
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0032330
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Updated
05 Jan, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad