ANKS 1

Siglum
ANKS 1
Transliteration
l mrd bn mḥrb w s²ty ʿrʾl s¹nt mt ʿbdt w ts²wq ʾl- ẓnn w ʾl- ġnm f h lt qbll
OCIANA
Translation
By Mrd son of Mḥrb and he spent the winter at ʿrʾl the year ʿbdt died and he longed for Ẓnn and for Ġnm so, O Lt, may there be a reunion (of loved ones)
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

WH p. 8: identifies ʿbdt with the name of a Nabataean king and on that basis dates the inscription to the first century B.C. MRWH p. 138: criticism of WH's identification of ʿbdt with a Nabataean king.

Editio Princeps
Naji 1962

Technique
Rocking-blade
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Concentric circles; seven lines
Associated Drawings
camel

  • [ANKS] Naji, A. Kitābah ṣafawiyyah min ṣaḥrāʾ al-ruṭbah. Sumer 18, 1962: 165-170, pl. 1 [Arabic section].
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
The Ruṭbah desert area, near H3, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Season, Yearning
Old OCIANA ID
#0010710
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Updated 27 Mar, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'ANKS 1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 27 Mar, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/18060. Accessed: 29 Mar, 2026.