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AAWHA 54

Siglum
AAWHA 54
Transliteration
l ḫlṣ bn nʿmn w qṣf ʿl- ḥbb ʾḏ ḏkr -h ḫbṯ ʾmr –h f {ḫ}{l}{ṣ} ʾmr ṣdq l- m qṣf
Translation
By Ḫlṣ son of Nʿmn and he was sad on account of a friend when he remembered him in the evil of his situation and then {he became safe} {ḫ}{l}{ṣ} ʾmr ṣdq for whoever is sad

Interpretation

Commentary
This is a very interesting inscription but which is unfortunately difficult to interpret. The partial translation given here is suggested very tentatively/ The particle ʾḏ signalling the time in the past when something happened (compare Arabic iḏ, Lane 38c) is very rare in Safaitic, but it is also found in AWS 8 and QZMJ 638

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057628
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