RWQ 73

Siglum
RWQ 73
Transliteration
l s¹lmt bn bnn bn brd w ḥḍr b- {ʾ}{ẓ}{m}y h lt w h ḏs²r lʿn ḥwlt hḏ ʾṯm w wgm ʿl- ṯrm h lt w {h} ḏs²r f h s²dr m ẓlm ms¹k f bqr
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Translation
By S¹lmt son of Bnn son of Brd and he stayed near permanent water at {ʾẓmy} O Lt and O Ḏs²r curse Ḥwlt who acted wrongly and he grieved for Ṯrm O Lt and {O} Ḏs²r and so O S²dr m ẓlm ms¹k f bqr
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Al-Jallad 2015: 277: w ḥḍr b- ʾẓmy h lt w h ḏs²r lʿn ḥwlt hḏ ʾṯm w wgm ʿl- ṯrm f h lt w y ḏs²r f h ds²r m ẓlm ms¹k f bqr "and he camped by permanent water near ʾẓmy; O Lt and O Ḏs²r curse the Hwlt-ites who acted wrongfully, and he grieved for Ṯrm, so, O Lt and O Ḏs²r, and even Ds²r , whosever would/has oppress(ed) Ms¹k, split him in two".
Commentary
The curious phase ḥwlt hḏ ʾṯm is explained by Al-Jallad (2015: 88). While y ḏs²r is possible (Al-Jallad 2015: 159) the photograph, which was not available to Al-Jallad, shows that the supposed y is damaged and could in fact be either a h or a y. Note that after the second ḏs²r the following f is inside the r and the divine name read as ds²r in the editio princeps and Al-Jallad 2015: 197, 277, is actually s²dr in the original, though this may well be a mistake for ds²r. We cannot find a satisfactory interpretation for the final words of the text.

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Associated Remains
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  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [RWQ] Al-Rūsān [Al-Rousan, Rousan], M.M. Nuqūš ṣafawīyah min wādī qiṣṣāb bi-ʾl-urdun. Dirāsah maydānīyah taḥlīlīyah muqāranah. Unpublished doctoral thesis King Saʿūd University, Riyadh. 2004.
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Outside peoples, Place-name, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0032001
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA