OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Ms 44

Text Information

Siglum
Ms 44
Transliteration
l zd bn rgl w rʿy h- ʾbl h- ʿrḍ s¹nt myt bn qṣr w s¹mʿ ʾn myt flfṣ f s¹ḫr w h- bkrt w h gdḍf lʿn ḏ yʿwr m yhnʾ w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy h- tll
Translation
By Zd son of Rgl and he pastured the camels on this valley-side the year Caesar' s son died and he heard that Philippus had been killed but he scoffed and [by him is] the young she-camel and O Gdḍf curse whoever may scratch out that which gives pleasure and [grant] booty to whoever leaves the words untouched

Interpretation

Commentary
S¹ḫr could be related to Arabic saḫira min-hu "he scoffed at him" (Lane 1324a), though it should be followed by min here. Note that the abrupt change of subject at w h- bkrt is paralleled in LP 169. See the discussions in Macdonald 1995: 286–287; and 2014: 151.

Provenance
This inscription was rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr

Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/smaller
Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Drawings
Ms 44 d/1

  • 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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Herodian Echoes in the Syrian Desert. Pages 285-290 in S. Bourke & J.-P. Descoeudres (eds), Trade, Contact, and the Movement of Peoples in the Eastern Mediterranean. Studies in Honour of J. Basil Hennessy. (Mediterranean Archaeology. Supplement, 3). Sydney: Mediterranean Archaeology, 1995.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.
Site
Wādī Ḥašād Al-Ḫuḍarī, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030127
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