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AAWHA 22

Siglum
AAWHA 22
Transliteration
l ʾṯʿ bn mnʿ h- ʿr w ṣyr m- mdbr w tnẓr ḥywt
Translation
By ʾṯʿ son of Mnʿ is the [drawing of an] ass and he was coming back to permanent water from the inner desert and was looking for a means of subsistence

Interpretation

Commentary
Al-Jallad & Jaworska (under ḥyy) interpret ḥywt as "long life" but that does not seem appropriate in this context. We have therefore interpreted it on the basis of Classical Arabic ḥayāwah a "means of subsistence".

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Drawings
A clumsy drawing of a donkey facing left

  • Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in a tributary of Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī in September 2022
Site
Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
15/09/2022
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy, Movement, Topographic features, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057596
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