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AbSWS 18

Text Information

Siglum
AbSWS 18
Transliteration
l ṭrd bn mġyr bn ms¹k bn ʿmd bn mlk bn qḥs² bn s¹wr bn ḥḍg w ṣyr m mdbr w ḫrṣ s²nʾ f h lt w h ds²r w h s²ʿhqm s¹lm w ḫrṣ bn dd f h lt qbll ʾs¹lm w ʿwr w ʿrg w nqʾt b wdd l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy m ʿl- h- ḥwq
Translation
By Ṭrd son of Mġyr son of Ms¹k son of ʿmd son of Mlk son of Qḥs² son of S¹wr son of Ḥḍg and he returned to the watering place from the inner desert and he was on the look-out for the enemy and so O Lt and Ds²r and S²ʾhqm [grant] security and he was on the look-out for son of Dd. So O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness and lameness and ejection from the grave by a loved one on whoever scratches out the inscription and booty to him who reads aloud what's on this stone

Interpretation

Commentary
WAMS 2: and he was guarding HCH: and he kept watch C 2670: and he was on the look-out for the

Provenance
Wādī Salmā
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Remains
Cairn 1
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0030471
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