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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AHS 1

Text Information

Siglum
AHS 1
Transliteration
l ʿqrb bn grmʾl bn nṣrʾl w ḏbḥ l- gdḍf w h lt f s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ
Translation
By ʿqrb son of Grmʾl son of Nṣrʾl and he sacrificed to Gdḍf, O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness on him who [will scratch out the inscription]

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription appears to be incomplete. Note the sacrifice to one deity immediately followed by a prayer to another.

  • ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. & Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Sacrifice in the Safaitic inscriptions in the light of new evidence. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68:1, 2015: 29-48.
Site
Tall al-Rāhib, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051516
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