AMWR 220

Siglum
AMWR 220
Transliteration
h ʾl[t] s¹ʿd ʿzm bn mrʾt w flṭ m
OCIANA
Translation
By ʿzm son of Mrʾt O [ʾlt] help ʿzm son of Mrʾt and deliver ...
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
While it is tempting to read this as an invocation to ʾl, he has not appeared in invocations yet in North Arabia, while Allāt (ʾlt) is very frequently called upon. Thus, it is more likely that our author simply omitted the t by mistake.

  • [AMWR] Inscriptions recorded by Mohammad I. Ababneh but not previously published
Site
Wādī Ruʿaylah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2000
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0053629
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Updated 29 Nov, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad