RQ.A 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- RQ.A 1
- Transliteration
-
l ġṯ bn ms¹k bn ḫrg bn ḥt w s²ry h- frs¹ m- mlk b- ʿs²rn mny
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- Translation
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By Ġṯ son of Ms¹k son of Ḫrg son of Ḥt and he bought the horse from Mlk for twenty minas
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The text is written in large incised letters around the drawing. There is a clear distinction between b and r in this text, except it seems in the first word of the narrative which looks like s²by where the sense demands s²ry "he bought". The only other record in the Safaitic graffiti of the purchase of a horse (this time for five minas) is C 3916.
- Associated Signs
- Sun sign near the horse's back legs
- Associated Drawings
- A horseman pursuing with a lance what is probably an oryx
- [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Site
- Ruǧm Qaʿqūl A, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1995
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Domestic animals, Genealogy, Trade
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0035877
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'RQ.A 1.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/17738. Accessed: 25 Jun, 2025.