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
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- 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
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
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"
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Associated Remains
- Cairn 1
- [AbSWS] ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], Ṣ. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah min wādī salmā (al-bādiyah al-urduniyah). Amman: Badia Research and Development Center, 2006.
- [LP] 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.
- [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Site
- Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0030458
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16 Sep, 2024
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