AAQAH 30

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AAQAH 30
Transliteration
l hnʾ bn ʾhb w rʿy h- flg b- nql w ḥmʾt w h lt ʿwr m ʿwr
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Translation
By Hnʾ son of ʾhb and he pastured in the torrent land on rocky and fetid, muddy ground so, O Lt, blind whosoever effaces
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
This text contains a number of hapax legomena. (1) flg: compare with Classical Arabic falǧun 'a stream', 'rivulet', 'small river' (Lane, 2437b), which in the context of the Ḥarrah likely refers to a torrent bed; (2) ḥmʾt: compare with Classical Arabic ḥamʾatun 'fetid mud' or 'a certain plant of the Nejd' (Lane, 638c); the present context favors the former meaning; (3) nql: this form is attested for the first time here, but the feminine nqlt 'rocky ground' is previously attested (SafDict, 106a).

Editio Princeps
Ali al-Manaser

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Drawings
Hunting scene: mounted rider in pursuit of an antelope

  • [AAQAH] Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in Qāʿ Abū al-Ḥuṣayn area in September 2022
  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [Lane] 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.
Site
Qāʿ Abū al-Ḥuṣayn area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
September 14, 2022
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Genealogy, Pasturing, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0057748
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Updated 01 Dec, 2024 by OCIANA