MZSA 16
Text Information
- Siglum
- MZSA 16
- Alternative Sigla
- ZSIJ 29
- Transliteration
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l ʿqrb bn mlk bn whblh bn mrʾlh bn ʾḥlm bn ḥgr bn ʿmdn bn ws¹ʿ bn s¹my bn lbṣr bn zdʾl bn {ʾ}db bn ʾs²r w s¹qr w ṣġr w s²ḥṣ f lt w s²ʿhqm ġyrt w ʿwr l- m ʿwr h- s¹fr
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- Translation
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By ʿqrb son of Mlk son of Whblh son of Mrʾlh son of ʾḥlm son of Ḥgr son of ʿmdn son of Ws¹ʿ son of S¹my son of Lbṣr son of Zdʾl son of {ʾdb} son of ʾs²r and he was burned [by the sun], and there was little [pasture?] and he became weary and so Lt and S²ʿhqm [grant] abundance and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the inscription
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- s¹qr cf. Arabic saqara "it [the sun] burned, scorched" (Lane 1379b); ṣġr he/it became smaller (?) (Lane 1691b); s²ḥṣ "to weary [anyone]" (Hava 354).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- [MZSA] Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.ʿA. & Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New pre-Islamic inscriptions from al-Ḍwayleh region — Jordan. Unpublished typescript. n.d..
- [ZSIJ] Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Amman: Ward Books, 2018.
- [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
- [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
- Al-ʿAwšaǧī al-ǧanūbī, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing, Weather
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0032522
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16 Sep, 2024
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