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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Wasta 1

Siglum
Wasta 1
Transliteration
rbb bn hg bn ẓr ----
Translation
Rbb son of Hg son of Ẓr

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is carved within a triangle with two palm branches above it. There are other marks within the triangle which may be letters but they are badly damaged.

Provenance
On the road between Ṣaidah (Sidon) and Ṣūr (Tyr), about 7 km south of the necropolis of ʿAdlūn. It is an underground sanctuary of the Hellenistic period dedicated to Aphrodite-Astarte.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr

  • Beaulieu, A. & Mouterde, R. La Grotte d'Astarté à Wasta, [avec un appendice ‘Graffito Safaitique (?)’ par G. Ryckmans]. Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph 27, 1947-1948: 3-20, pl. I-X.
Site
“Muġarat al-Garǧ” [?], near Wasṭa and Balād al-Qasmīyah, Lebanon
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026206
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