ZeGA 4
Text Information
- Siglum
- ZeGA 4
- Transliteration
- l s¹ll bn {q}h{ʾ}b w {r}{ʿ}{y} h- bqr f hy lt s¹lm
- Translation
- By S¹ll son of {Qhʾb} and {he pastured} the cattle and so O Lt [grant] security
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- ZeGA 4: "s¹hl" for "s¹ll" and qʾl for "{q}h{ʾ}b"
- Commentary
- The reading of the name, patronym and verb are doubtful. The first letter of the first name could be read as a ẓ, but it has exactly the same shape as the s¹ of s¹lm.
- Provenance
- Jabal al-ʿArab
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Zeinaddin, H. Safaitische Inschriften aus dem Ǧabal al-ʿArab. Damaszener Mitteilungen 12, 2000: 265-289, pls 58-69.
- Site
- The tell on which the village of al-Ḥarīsah is built, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1997
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0018600
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