QZMJ 638

Text Information

Siglum
QZMJ 638
Transliteration
l ʿlqmt bn nġbr bn ḥrt bn yʿly w wgm ʾḏ wgd s¹fr ʾb -h
OCIANA
Translation
By ʿlqmt son of Nġbr son of Ḥrt son of Yʿly and he grieved when he found the inscription of his father
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The particle ʾḏ signalling the time in the past when something happened (compare Arabic iḏ, Lane 38c) is very rare in Safaitic, but it is also found in AWS 8.

  • [QZMJ] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Qudrah, Ḥ., Al-Zuʿbī, M. and Al-Maʿānī, S.A.
Site
Mrabb al-Šarafāʾ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2015
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0053913
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Updated 09 Jul, 2024