WR.C 5
Text Information
- Siglum
- WR.C 5
- Alternative Sigla
- MISS.I 2
- Transliteration
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l ʾtm bn rb w gd mly s²ʿr
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- Translation
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By ʾtm son of Rb and the words [i.e. the inscription] of S²ʿr were good
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- WR.C 1-8 are on rock A, a large rock face overlooking Wādī Rushaydah just upstream of its confluence with a tributary. See Macdonald MCA, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 484–485 for a commentary on this text. For gd as a verb compare Classical Arabic ǧāda "to be good, excellent" (Lane 481a-b).
- Technique
- Direct hammered
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche
- Associated Inscriptions
- WR.C 1-4, 6-8
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- [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 32.2. At the confluence of Wādī Rušaydah and an unnamed wadi, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1995
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Grieving
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0030077
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