GS 61

Text Information

Siglum
GS 61
Transliteration
l rbʾl bn ʿrd bn ʿlg bn ʾnʿm bn ʾs¹ w rʿy h- ʿrḍ bql f h lt slm w nqʾt l ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Rbʾl son of ʿrd son of ʿgl son of ʾnʿm and he pastured the side of the valley on spring herbage so O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] ejection from the grave on him who scratches out [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Bql means 'spring herbage' and is commonly found in the phrase w rʿy bql 'and he pastured on spring herbage' (LP 407, WH 466, HaNS 143, 370, KRS 2484, 2509, Is.Mu 75, 89).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting upwards)

Associated Inscriptions
GS 1-3

  • [GS] Inscriptions from Ǧabal Says recorded by Robert Hoyland and Michael Macdonald and published here
Site
Ǧabal Says, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030200
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA