RSIS 126

Siglum
RSIS 126
Transliteration
l ʾlwqr bn yʿmr bn ḏkr bn grmʾl wgm ʿl- mġny w ʿl- ṣʿd w s¹ll l- ḏ qrʾ h- ktb w ʿwr l- m ʿwr
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Translation
By ʾlwqr son of Yʿmr son of Ḏkr son of Grmʾl and he grieved for Mġny and for Ṣʿd and may ( ) whoever reads this inscription be loved and blind whoever scratches this inscription
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

This one of a handful of texts which employ the verb qrʾ "to read/recite" and ktb "writing"

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [RSIS] Rawan, S. Neue safaitische Inschriften aus Süd-Syrien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 16). Aachen: Shaker, 2013.
Site
Tall al-Ḍabiʿ/Tall al-Ḍubayʿah/Wādī al-Samin, Syria
Date Found
2006
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Genealogy, Grieving, Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0032742
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Updated 20 Apr, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

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Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'RSIS 126,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 20 Apr, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/20332. Accessed: 26 Apr, 2026.