ZQSH 5

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Siglum
ZQSH 5
Alternative Sigla
QZMJ 640, ZSIJ 32
Transliteration
l zhrn bn ys¹lm w bny ʿl- ġṯ ʾ- ʾnfs¹ w wgm f h lt fṣy l- ḏ s¹ʾr
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
By Zhrn son of Ys¹lm and he built for Ġṯ the funerary monuments and grieved so, O Lt, may those who remain (alive) be delivered
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

ZQSH 5 as above

ZSIJ 32 reads h- ʾnfs¹ for ʾ- ʾnfs¹

Commentary

Note the rarer form of the definite article ʾ-  (see Al-Jallad 2015: 16–17)

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
ZQSH
Field Collector
M. Al-Zuʿbī

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
left to right

  • [ZSIJ] Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Amman: Ward Books, 2018. No. 32
  • [ZQSH] Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M. & Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M. New Safaitic inscriptions from the Haroun region in northeast Jordan. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67:3, 2014: 259-272. No. 5
  • [QZMJ] Previously unpublished Safaitic inscriptions recorded by H. Al-Qudrah, M. Al-Zuʿbī, and S.A. Al-Maʿānī
Site
Hārūn area, c. 17 km east of Al-Ṣafāwī, south of the Baghdad road, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Building, Funerary, Grieving, Prayer, Deity
Old OCIANA ID
#0039703
Updated 08 May, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'ZQSH 5,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 08 May, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/22930. Accessed: 03 Jun, 2026.