WGLR 2
Text Information
- Siglum
- WGLR 2
- Transliteration
- l mfʿt bn ʾḥ w h dṯn s¹q -n mṣlmḏwlmh
- Translation
- By Mfʿt son of ʾḥ and O Dṯn send rain on me mṣlmḏwlmh
Interpretation
- Commentary
- This inscription is difficult to interpret. S¹q could possibly be related to the imperative of Arabic saqā-hu "He [God] sent rain to him" (Lane 1384c), but -n as the first person singular/plural enclitic pronoun would be very unusual. For the rest we are unable to offer a convincing interpretation. The deity dṯn is known in Safaitic from LP 1097 (as reread in OCIANA from a new photograph) and in Thamudic B (HU 657, 727, JSTham 258, 262, HE 27, WHI 51, 55, 65, 66, 69, 77, 80+81, 82, 90, 91) and Thamudic C (HU 235, 388, 618). It is obviously different from the local deity ʾlt dṯn which is found in Safaitic in C 994, 1292, 2446, and 2984, where dṯn represents a place name, probably somewhere close to, or within, the Ruḥbāh in southern Syria. For a discussion see Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 474–476.
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche to which 7 lines are attached
- Harding, G.L. The Thamudic and Liḥyanite Texts (p. 36-52, 60-61, pl. 19-25) in P.J. Parr, G.L. Harding, J.E. Dayton, Preliminary Survey in N.W. Arabia, 1968. Part II: Epigraphy. Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London 10, 1971: 36-61, pl. 19-31.
- Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
- 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.
- Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
- Thamudic Inscriptions recorded by Huber and renumbered in Van den Branden 1950 (BIT).
- Winnett, F.V & Reed, W.L. An Archaeological-Epigraphical Survey of the Ḥāʾil Area of Northern Saʿudi Arabia. Berytus 22, 1973: 53-113 and 13 plates.
- [Thamudic inscriptions published in Jaussen and Savignac 1909-22 (JS)].
- Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the left bank of Wādī Gharz near its debouchment into the Ruḥbah, and published here.
- Site
- Left (east) bank of Wādī Ġarz near its debouchment into the Ruḥbah, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Weather
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0036002
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