QZMJ 480

Siglum
QZMJ 480
Transliteration
l b----- bn n----- bn ʿbd w rʿy h- rglt ḫrf s¹nt brʾ ʾl whbʾl mn- h- bḫrt f {h} {l}t s¹lm w wgm ʿl- ḫlṣ bn dd -h qtl -h {ʾ}l ṭyʾ w rhṭ -h ʾq{w}m f h lt nqmt l- dm h- qtl w l- {ġ}---ʾs¹ w l- ḏ- ʾl ʿwḏ h- s¹fr f hy lt ʿwr ḏ yʿwr
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
By ---- son of N---- son of ʿbd and he pastured at the water course during the winter rains the year the lineage of Whbʾl kept far from h- bḫrt so, {O} {Lt}, may he be secure, and he grieved for Ḫlṣ, the son of his paternal uncle, whom the people of Ṭyʾ had killed and his kinsman {ʾqwm} so, O Lt, let there be retribution for the blood of the murdered and for {ġ}---ʾs¹ and the writing is by him of the lineage of ʿwḏ, so, O Lt, blind him who would efface
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary

Vandalism has obliterated the author's name. For the interpretation of brʾ mn compare Arabic bariʾa min "he removed himself from X" (Lane 178 b). The exact sense of the following word h-bḫrt is unclear. It is, faux de mieux, possible to interpret it as a toponym.

 

 

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
Al-Qudrah, Ḥ., Al-Zuʿbī, M. and Al-Maʿānī, S.A.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

  • [QZMJ] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Qudrah, Ḥ., Al-Zuʿbī, M. and Al-Maʿānī, S.A.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Ġadīr al-Aḥmar, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Group (in the narrative), Lineage, Pasturing, Relatives, Revenge
Old OCIANA ID
#0036378
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad and Ahmad Al-Jallad. 'QZMJ 480.' OCIANA. 10 Feb, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/10393. Accessed: 21 Sep, 2025.