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AbSWS 5

Text Information

Siglum
AbSWS 5
Alternative Sigla
AbSMM 5
Transliteration
l s¹ʿd bn ḥny bn ʿbd bn ṣʿd bn ʿbd bn ʿḏ bn s²rb bn ġlmt w wgd s¹fr ʾs²yʿ -h f ngʿ w rʿy h- ḍʿn f h lt ġnyt l- ḏ rʿy w mḥlt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By S¹ʿd son of Ḥny son of ʿbd son of ʿḏ son of S²rb son of Ġlmt and he found the inscription of his companions so he suffered and he pastured the sheep and so O Lt [grant] abundance on him who pastured [the sheep] and [send] a dearth of pasture to whoever scratches out this inscription

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbSWS 5: wa-l-Qaḥṭ waš-šadah liman yuḫarrb haḏā an-naqš see LP 342 WH 24: Translation of mḥlt as "misfortune"

Provenance
Wādī Salmā
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
  • ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], Ṣ. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah min wādī salmā (al-bādiyah al-urduniyah). Amman: Badia Research and Development Center, 2006.
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030458
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