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AAEK 123

Text Information

Siglum
AAEK 123
Alternative Sigla
ASFF 246
Transliteration
l ʿbd bn {ġ}yr bn wbs² bn nġbt w rʿy h- ʾbl mn ġrbt ḥrt f h lt {s¹}lm w h bʿls¹mn rwḥ
Translation
By ʿbd son of {Ġyr} son of Wbs² son of Nġbt and he pastured the camels from far away in the Ḥarrah and so O Lt [ grant] {security} and Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief

Interpretation

Commentary
For ġrbt compare Classical Arabic nawā ġarbatan "he migrated to a remote country" (Hava 520b) and see Al-Jallad and Jaworska 2019.

Provenance
Fahad and al-Fahdāwy (Qāʿ Fahadah and Tell al-Fāhdawy)
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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  • Al-Manāsīr [Al-Manaser], A.Y.Kh. Ein Korpus neuer safaitischer Inschriften aus Jordanien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 10). Aachen: Shaker, 2008.
  • Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Qāʿ al-Fahdah and Tall al-Fāhdawy, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033101
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