QZMJ 640

Text Information

Siglum
QZMJ 640
Alternative Sigla
ASFF 291
Transliteration
l zhrn bn ys¹lm w bny ʿl- ġṯ ʾ- ʾnfs¹ w wgm f h lt fṣy l- ḏ s¹ʾr
OCIANA
Translation
By Zhrn son of Ys¹lm and he built for Ġṯ the gravestones and he grieved [for him]. So, O Lt [grant] deliverance for whoever leaves [the inscription] untouched
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Note the relatively rare definite article ʾ- (see Al-Jallad 2015: 16–17).

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • [ASFF 307] Previously unpublished Safaitic inscriptions recorded by Sabri Abbadi at Qāʿ Fahadah and Tell al-Fāhdawy, Jordan
  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [QZMJ] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Qudrah, Ḥ., Al-Zuʿbī, M. and Al-Maʿānī, S.A.
Site
Qāʿ al-Fahdah and Tall al-Fāhdawy or Zumaylāt Hārūn, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Deity, Funerary, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0034413
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Updated 09 Jul, 2024