BRenv.A 1

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.A 1
Transliteration
l qʿṣn bn s¹{l}y bn qʿṣn bn ḫlṣ bn nhb ḏ- ʾl dʾf w ngy n[[]]fr s¹nt bṭl ḥg s¹ʿʿ
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Translation
By Qʿṣn son of {S¹ly} son of Qʿṣn son of Ḫlṣ son of Nhb of the lineage of Dʾf and he escaped {by fleeing} the year the pilgrimage to S¹ʿʿ had no effect
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
In broadly incised letters, boustrophedon. Note the form of f, which is typical of several texts by members of the ʾl dʾf (see Macdonald, Muazzin and Nehmé 1996: 463 and n. 77). One or more letters have been hammered over between ngy and nfr. The b of bṭl is very straight. The implication of bṭl ḥg s¹ʿʿ is that the pilgrimage to the shrine of Bʿls¹mn at S¹īʿʿ did not produce rain.

  • [BRenv.A] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995, at a small outcrop on the left bank of Wādī al-Shām, north-west of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here.
  • [MISS] Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
Site
Site 14.1 on the survey, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Lineage, Place-name, Religion, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0035859
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OCIANA. 'BRenv.A 1.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/19082. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.