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AAWHA 127

Siglum
AAWHA 127
Transliteration
l ks¹ṭ bn nṣrʾl bn {ġ}{y}rʾl w s¹qy mn ṯbr h- ḍʾ{n}
Translation
By Ks¹ṭ son of Nṣrʾl son of {Ġyrʾl} and he watered the {sheep} from a hole in the rock caused by water

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is carved from between AAWHA 126 and 128 up an adjoining face and onto another. S¹qy means to give water to animals and despite the length of the final letter it is probable that h-ḍʾn (the sheep) was meant. According to Groom 1983: 289 a ṯabrah is "a hole in rock caused by water" in south-west Arabia, but this would seem to be a more appropriate meaning here than those in Classical Arabic or northern dialects.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Groom, N. A Dictionary of Arabic Topography and Placenames. A Transliterated Arabic-English Dictionary with an Arabic Glossary of Topographical Words and Placenames. London: Longman / Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
  • 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
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Topographic features, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057707
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