AAWHA 55

Siglum
AAWHA 55
Transliteration
l n{ʿ}rt bn ḫdmt bn trml bn s¹ry bn s¹lm w wrd m- ḥrn brkt s¹nt ʾty h- mlk w h lt w ʾṯʿ s¹lm w ḫrṣ mny w rʿy h- rmlt
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Translation
By {Nʿrt} son of Ḫdmt son of Trml son of S¹ry son of S¹lm and he came from the Ḥawrān to water at Brkt the year the king came and O Lt and ʾṯʿ [grant] security and he looked out for Fate and he pastured this area of sand
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Unfortunately, the author does not tell us which king or where he came from or to. The phrase ḫrṣ mny has not been found before and nor has the word rmlt which we have translated on the basis of Arabic ramlah "a tract of sand" (Lane 1159).

Associated Inscriptions

  • [AAWHA] Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in a tributary of Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī in September 2022
  • [Lane] 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.
Site
Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
15/09/2022
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing, Place-name, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0057629
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA