AWS 291

Siglum
AWS 291
Transliteration
h ʾlt {b}nt rḍw ġwṯ -h ḥld bn ḥḍrt bn ʾbrr w l- -h h- dr
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Translation
O ʾlt {daughter} of Rḍw relieve him Ḥld son of Ḥḍrt son of ʾbrr and he was here
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
This and AWS 283 are the first indications in Ancient North Arabian of a family relationship between the goddess ʾlt and the god Rdw. The author apparently has a habit of carving his bs back-to-front or at 90º and in one case (in the bn before ḥḍrt) in the form of a r.

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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 Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.
Site
Wādī al-Sūʿ, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030964
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