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WGRR 1

Siglum
WGRR 1
Transliteration
l ġṯ bn hnʾ w rʿy h- ḍʾn w wgm ʿl- bʿls¹mn s¹nt mḥ{l} w lm tmṭr h- s¹kn{t} lwny rdn ḥwwt f h lt w s²ʿhqm s¹lm w ġnmt
Translation
By Ġṯ son of Hnʾ f and he pastured the sheep and he grieved for Bʿls¹mn [in] the year of the dearth of pasture because it did not rain on the settlement(s) and it became dark inclining to the colour yellowish-red and O Lt and S²ʿhqm [grant] security and booty

Interpretation

Commentary
WGRR 1 and 2 are on the same face of a large stone. Both are chiselled. For the translation of w lm tmṭr h- s¹kn{t} lwny rdn ḥwwt as " because it did not rain on the settlement(s) and it became dark inclining to the colour yellowish-red" see Al-Jallad and Jaworska 2019 sv hwwt.

Provenance
Site 50.2 is the right bank of wādī al-Gharz between the causeway of the Zalaf-Umbāshī track and the point at which Wādī al-Gharz enters the Ruḥbah (1.2 km long). The inscriptions are in a series of outcrops and cairns and simply on the rocks of the Wādī bank. Virtually the only published texts are in the last outcrop and cairn overlooking the debouchement of the Wādī into the Ruḥbah.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the right bank of Wādī Gharz near its debouchment into the Ruḥbah, and published here.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Unnamed, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing, Weather
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0035919
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