ZQSH 11

Text Information

Siglum
ZQSH 11
Alternative Sigla
ZSSH 20
Transliteration
l ʾqdm bn ẓnn bn dḥ w ḥwb ʿl- -h ns¹ -h
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Translation
By ʾqdm son of Ẓnn son of Dḥ and his people lamented for him
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Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Commentary
Unlike most grieving inscriptions, the structure of this text is inverted: the object of grief appears after the lām auctōris while the subject, ns 'people', is in the narrative (SafDict, 106b).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [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.
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, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0039711
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Updated 02 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad