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AWS 2

Siglum
AWS 2
Transliteration
l mty bn ʿdy bn mty w trbʿ ʿl- [h-] nmrt s¹nt bny h- mgdl h- nmrt w ḥfr h- gmmṣ
Translation
By Mty son of ʿdy son of Mty and he pastured [the animals] on the plants of the rainy period the year the tower was built at Al-Namārah and the trench was dug

Interpretation

Commentary
Without the photograph it is difficult to be sure that the copy is correct. The translation is based on Al-Jallad & Jaworska.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • ʿAlūlū [Alulu], Ġ.M.Y. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawīyyah jadīdah min wādī al-sūʿ ǧanūb sūrīyyah. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Wādī al-Sūʿ, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030674
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