RWQ 329

Siglum
RWQ 329
Transliteration
l ʿqrb bn grmʾl bn bḥṯn w ḫrṣ ʾbgr ʾḫ -h ṣmkr ʿl- {n}hr frt f h gdḍf s¹lm
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Translation
By ʿqrb son of Grmʾl son of Bḥṯn and he kept watch for ʾbgr, his brother, at Ṣmkr bordering the {river} Euphrates, so, O Gdḍf, let there be security.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The n of nhr (if that is what it is) is just a dot in the copy. This the first occurrence of the name of the Euphrates in Safaitic where it appears to be identical to its name in Arabic al-furāt.

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Associated Remains
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  • [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 Unpublished doctoral thesis King Saʿūd University, Riyadh. 2004.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
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0032257
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