ZeGA 8
Text Information
- Siglum
- ZeGA 8
- Transliteration
- l ḥmlt bn ġyrʾl bn ġḍḍt bn ʿm bn ʿly bn ḥḍg bn s¹wr bn ḥmyn bn ġḍḍt bn ʾnḍt bn ws²yt bn ḍf w wgd s¹fr ʾḥlm s¹r -h f ngʿ f hy lt rwḥ
- Translation
- By Ḥmlt son of Ġyrʾl son of Ġḍḍt son of ʿm son of ʿly son of Ḥḍg son of S¹wr son of Ḥmyn son of Ġḍḍt son of ʾnḍt son of Ws²yt son of Ḍf and he found the inscription of ʾḥlm who had made him happy and so he grieved in pain and so O Lt [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty
Interpretation
- Commentary
- We interpret s¹r-h on the basis of Arabic ṣārr the active participle of sarra "he made him happy, glad" (Lane 1337a).
- Provenance
- Jabal al-ʿArab
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr
- Special Letter Forms
- ḍ single horizontal line
- Technique
- Scratched
- 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.
- Zeinaddin, H. Safaitische Inschriften aus dem Ǧabal al-ʿArab. Damaszener Mitteilungen 12, 2000: 265-289, pls 58-69.
- Site
- Wādī Rušaydah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1997
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Lineage (ancestor)
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0018605
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