Al-Namārah.M 17
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-Namārah.M 17
- Transliteration
-
l ʿṭs¹ bn ʾs¹ḫr bn ʿṭs¹ w wgd s¹fr ʾb -h f ngʿ
M.C.A. Macdonald
- Translation
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By ʿṭs¹ son of ʾs¹ḫr son of ʿṭs¹ and he found the writing of his father and so he grieved in pain
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
The inscription is on a low fixed boulder. It starts on one face, but the r of s¹fr and the ʾ of ʾb -h are on an adjoining face while the rest of the text is on a small stone wedged between this boulder and and an adjoining one.
M.C.A. Macdonald
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- [Al-Namārah.M] Inscriptions recorded by Michael Macdonald during the Al-Namārah Rescue Survey, 1996, and published here
- Site
- Al-Namārah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 27-09-96
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Finding inscription(s), Grieving
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0040653
Updated
28 Oct, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, 'Al-Namārah.M 17,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 28 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2126. Accessed: 29 Oct, 2026.
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