GS 39

Text Information

Siglum
GS 39
Transliteration
l lḏn bn s¹by w bhʾ ḥ----
OCIANA
Translation
By Lḏn son of S¹by and he bhʾ ḥ----
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
GMHK gives the following senses of the word bhʾ in Arabic: Lane 263a: bahaʾa bihi - he was or became friendly or familiar with him; Lisān 1: bahaʾtu bihi - ʾanistu bihi “ I became friendly”; anahum ʾanisū bihi - ḥatta qallat haybatuhu (fear) f¡ qulūbihim; bahaʾa al-bayt - HDic - move camp - from Munjid. It is impossible to determine sense of this verb from the context of this inscription. The photograph cuts off the inscription following ḥ, but there surely more.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line left to right

Associated Signs
wasm
Associated Drawings
stick camel
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0030245
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'GS 39.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11582. Accessed: 18 Jun, 2025.