AWS 8

Siglum
AWS 8
Transliteration
l mġny bn zbʾ bn zdʾl bn ḥny bn ḥḍg w ngʿ ʾḏ wgd ʾṯr dd -h
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Translation
By Mġny son of Zbʾ son of Zdʾl son of Ḥny son of Ḥḍg and he grieved in pain when he found the traces of his paternal uncle
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The particle ʾḏ signalling the time in the past when something happened (compare Arabic iḏ, Lane 38c) is very rare in Safaitic. It is also found in QZMJ 638.

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Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • [AWS] ʿAlūlū [Alulu], Ġ.M.Y. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min wādī al-sūʿ ǧanūb sūriyyah. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Wādī al-Sūʿ, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030680
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