Al-Ǧawf Dum 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-Ǧawf Dum 1
- Transliteration
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s¹mʿ {l}- -h / ʿtrs¹m / w rḍw / m- ks²d
l whb{r}ḍw / h- qrt / f s¹mʿ l- -hAl-Jallad 2021d - Translation
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May ʿtrs¹m and Rḍw from Chaldaea give ear to him
By/to {Whbrḍw], at this rock, so may they give ear to himAl-Jallad 2021d - Language and Script
- Dumaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
OCIANA 1: The edition parsed the letters after Rḍw as mks²d and left it untranslated.
- Commentary
The inscription indicatest that the divine residence/cultic center of the Arabian god Ruḍaw was Chaldaea, ks²d. On the locations of the deities in Safaitic, see Al-Jallad 2022a: 59. For a full discussion of this text within its cultural context and an elaboration of its implications on the North Arabian divine pantheon, see Al-Jallad 2021d.
It is possible to read the l before the name Whbrḍw as the lām auctōris or as a dative preposition, in apposition with l- -h 'to him' on the first line.
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Jallad 2021d
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Parallel lines right to left
- Al-Jallad, A. “On the Origins of the God Ruḍaw and Some Remarks on the Pre-Islamic North Arabian Pantheon.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31(3), 2021d: 559–71
- Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022a.
- Site
- Near Sakākā [?], Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Isolated Prayer, Outside peoples, Religion, Topographic features
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0051544
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Updated
12 Mar, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad