AMSI 41

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Siglum
AMSI 41
Transliteration
l ms¹k bn ʾs¹d bn s¹lm w qʿd ʿd- wrd f ḏkr h- mt f qṣf f h lt ʿmr ṣdq -k w gnn w mn m{t} {l}s¹ fṣy
Al-Jallad 2018a
Translation
By Ms¹k son of ʾs¹d son of S¹lm and he halted at (the cairn of) Wrd and remembered the dead and grieved so, O Lt, give long life to your righteous [servant] and protect [him] but from death there is no deliverance
Al-Jallad 2026c
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary

This text was first documented by A. Al-Manaser in 2004; the site was revisited by the BES team in 2019; the latest photographs are included. See Al-Jallad (2018) for the first reading and translation of this text, including a detailed discussion on the first occurrence of the negator ls¹ /laysa/ in Safaitic. See Al-Jallad (2022, ch. 4) on its cultural and religious context and significance and Al-Jallad (2026c) for the latest edition, providing the correct understanding of ʿd as /ʿedda/ < *ʿinda 'at.'

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
Al-Jallad 2018a
Field Collector
Ali al-Manaser

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Drawings
Horse
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. The earliest attestation of laysa and the implications for its etymology. Pages 111–119 in Macdonald, M.C.A. (ed.), Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia. (Supplement to volume 48 (2018) of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018a
  • Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022a.
  • [AMSI] Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser on his survey in Wādī Ḥashād in 2004 and published here
Site
The Cairn of Wrd (Wādī Ḥašād Salmà), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2004
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Deity, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0037920
Updated 13 Aug, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Al-Jallad 2018a, Al-Jallad 2026c, and Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'AMSI 41,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 13 Aug, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/23052. Accessed: 26 Aug, 2026.