JaS 156

Text Information

Siglum
JaS 156
Transliteration
l ḥgy bn s²mg w wgm ʿl- g{r}{m} w ʿl- grs²ʿ w ʿl- hnʾ w ʿl- ḫlṣt w ʿl- ġny bn mʿg f ʾmrʿ
OCIANA
Translation
By Ḥgy son of S²mg and he grieved for {Grm} and for Grs² and for Hnʾ and for Ḫlṣt and for Ġny son of Mʿg and he found a place with abundant herbage
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JaS: gr{m} for g{r}{m};
Commentary
For ʾmrʿ see Arabic amraʿ "he found [a valley] full of pasturage (Hava p. 716).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Unidentifiable
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

  • [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
  • [JaS] Jamme, A. Safaitic Inscriptions from the Country of ʿArʿar and Raʾs al-ʿAnānīyah. Pages 41-109, 611-637 in F. Altheim & R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1971.
Site
Wādī al-Ġurābah “Muṭabb ʿAsākir”, c. 27 miles [43 km] from ʿArʿar, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010227
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