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
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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
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Language and Script
Safaitic

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.

Associated Inscriptions

  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [WGRR] 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.
Site
Unnamed, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0035919
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OCIANA. 'WGRR 1.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/22655. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.