AMWR 139
Text Information
- Siglum
- AMWR 139
- Transliteration
-
l ġrt bn ʿmr w ḫls¹ b bs¹ʾ
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- Translation
-
By Ġrt son of ʿmr and he raided Bs¹ʾ
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
- ḫls¹ is attested as a verb for the first time here, compare with Classical Arabic ḫalasa 'he seized it', 'he carried it off' (Lane, 784c).
- Editio Princeps
- Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [AMWR] Inscriptions recorded by Mohammad I. Ababneh but not previously published
- [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 Ruʿaylah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2000
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Place-name, Raiding
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0053546
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29 Nov, 2024
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