AAWHA 16

Siglum
AAWHA 16
Transliteration
l tm bn ms¹k bn tm bn flṭt bn bhs² w wgd ʾṯr s²ḥl f ngʿ w rʿy h- ḍʾn w ḫrṣ h- s²nʾ f h lt w gdḍf s¹lm w lʿn ḏ yʿwr mʿl- ḥwq
OCIANA
Translation
By Tm son of Ms¹k son of Tm son of Flṭt son of Bhs² and he found traces of S²ḥl and grieved in pain and he pastured the sheep and he was looking out for enemies and so O Lt and Gdḍf [grant] security and curse whoever would efface [the inscription] out of jealousy
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For mʿl see Al-Jallad & Jaworska under mʿl. The last two letters are on an adjacent face and the w was a peculiar shape but cannot really be anything else.

  • [AAWHA] Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in a tributary of Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī in September 2022
  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
15/09/2022
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Finding inscription(s), Grieving, Pasturing, Domestic animals, Watch (keeping), Isolated Prayer, Deity, Curse
Old OCIANA ID
#0057590
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA, 'AAWHA 16,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/26674. Accessed: 06 May, 2026.