SIJ 293
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 293
- Transliteration
-
l ms¹k bn bdbl bn ms¹k bn rfʾt w ʾṣly w ʾqs¹m b- ʾlh ḥy l- hdy ʿẓm
Al-Jallad 2015
- Translation
-
By Ms¹k son of Bdbl son of Ms¹k son of Rfʾt and he made a burnt offering and swore by ʾlh, who is living, that he shall lead with greatness
Al-Jallad 2015
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 293 reads only: bn ms¹k bn r
- Commentary
This inscription commemorates an oath by a military commander.
ʾṣly: The C-stem of ṣly 'to burn, roast'
ʾqs¹m b- ʾlh: Compare with Classical Arabic أقسم بالله 'he swore an oath by Allāh'
ḥy: a participle, 'living', see Al-Jallad 2025c for a discussion on Allāh as the 'living' god.
hdy: The common Safaitic verb to indicate leading a military troop.
- Editio Princeps
- Winnett 1957
- Field Collector
- F.V. Winnett
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- Al-Jallad, A. Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2025c: 1-56.
- [SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
- Site
- Ǧāwā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Military, Religion
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0016976
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Updated
25 May, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'SIJ 293.' OCIANA. 25 May, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11940. Accessed: 20 Jun, 2025.