AMWR 420

Text Information

Siglum
AMWR 420
Transliteration
l zb{y} bn ḫrṯ h- s¹rt
OCIANA
Translation
By {Zby} son of Ḫrṯ is the structure
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
s¹rt: could be to compare it with Classical Arabic sūrah "a structure of any size" (Lane 1465a) and note that in a Bedouin dialect of central Arabia sūr means "wall or enclosure" (Kurpershoek, P.M. Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia. 5. Voices from the Desert. Glossary, Indices, & List of Recordings, volume 5, Leiden: Brill, 2005: 151).

  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0053854
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad