AWS 396

Siglum
AWS 396
Transliteration
l bnʾlh bn ʾs¹ bn ṣʿd w wld h- ḍʾ[n] f h lt s¹lm w ġnyt l- ḏ dʿy h- s¹fr w w{g}m ʿl- ʾḫw -h ʿl- ṣʿd w ʿl- qdm {ḏ-} ʾl nġbr s¹nt lʾk qṣr ʾn myt ʿm rm wft wqd dms²q
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Translation
By Bnʾlh son of ʾs¹ son of Ṣʿd and he helped the {sheep} to give birth and so O Lt [grant] security and abundance to whoever reads this inscription aloud and {he grieved} for Ṣʿd and for Qdm his brothers {of} the lineage of Nġbr [in] the year lʾk Caesar that ʿm had died [in] Rm wft wqd Damascus
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For the phrase ʾn myt compare Ms 44 s¹mʿ ʾn myt flfṣ "he heard that Flfṣ had died". This is the first reference so far in Safaitic to Damascus.

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Associated Remains
Cairn 3

  • [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 Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.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
#0031070
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