MZSA 13

Siglum: MZSA 13
Alternative Sigla: ZSIJ 26
Transliteration: l ṣʿb bn {w}hblh bn ʿlm ḏ- ʾl ḥẓy w qyẓ ʿl- h- s¹lm w ngʿ ʿl- fnt f h lt s¹lm
Translation: By Ṣʿb son of Whblh son of ʿlm of the tribe of Ḥẓy and he spent the dry season on this stony ground [or: at H-S¹lm] and he sought for pasture on abundant herbage [or at Fnt].

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: MZSA 13: and he spend the summer at Haslam, and he sorrowed for Fanat, O Allât, peace
Commentary: Usually, when qyẓ is followed by ʿl- the next word is a place name or a topographic feature, e.g. w qyẓ ʿl- h-nmrt or w qyẓ ʿl- h-ʿrḍ. Thus h-s¹lm here is likely to be either a place name, or a topographic feature such as "this stony ground" (cf. Arabic salim meaning "stones", Lane 1414c). Fnt has already been found in connection with the verb qyẓ in RaIM 83274 (w qyẓ ʿl- fnt) and could be a place name but, here, it is more likely to be a common noun comparable to Arabic funnah "abundant pasture" (Lane 2447b) (Micahael Macdonald). The inscription is carved in the "rocking-blade" technique which produces zigzag lines.

Associated Signs

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Associated Inscriptions

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.
Copies of inscriptions in the Iraq National Museum mad by Dr Farouk Al-Rāwī and published here
Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.A. & Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New Safaitic inscriptions from al ʿAwshaji al Janoubi- Northeastern Bādyia of Jordan. Adumatu 35, 2017: 19-30.
Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Amman: Ward Books, 2018.

Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Genealogy, Lineage, Pasturing, Place-name, Present in a place, Season
Script: Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID: #0032544
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