AbJ 1

Text Information

Siglum
AbJ 1
Transliteration
l s²hm bn grm bn gnʾl w ṣyr m- mdbr s¹nt ṣlb h- <<>> yhdy ʾbkr
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
By S²hm son of Grm son of Gnʾl and he returned to water from the inner desert the year the Jews crucified ʾbkr
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters h y were repeated in error between h- and yhdy; the correct reading is confirmed by the inscription BES18 1, which is by the same author and uses the same event to date his inscription. On the grammar of the dating formula, see the commentary under BES18 1.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • [AbJ] ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], S. Jesus? in an Ancient North Arabian Inscription: An analytical study. Unpublished article on academia.edu. See https://ju-jo.academia.edu/SabriAbbadi. n.d..
Site
Wādī al-Ḥašād, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Outside peoples, Transhumance
Old OCIANA ID
#0034196
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Updated 28 Nov, 2024 by OCIANA