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ASWS 51

Text Information

Siglum
ASWS 51
Transliteration
l bny bn ġṯ bn bny w wgd s¹fr ʾb -h f ngʿ w bʾs¹ m ẓll f wlh ʿl- ḥbb -h ʿzq ʾbd f h lt nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ [w ġnmt] l- ḏ dʿy
Translation
By Bny son of Ġṯ son of Bny and he found the inscription of his father so he grieved in pain and he was miserable overshadowed (with grief) and he was distraught for a loved one ʿzqʾbd. So, O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever scratches out [the inscription] and [grant] booty to whoever reads [it] aloud

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
l bny bn ġṯ bn bny w wgd s¹fr ʾb -h f ngʿ w bʾs¹ m ẓll f wlh ʿl- ḥbb -h ʿzq ʾbd f h lt nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ xxxxx l- ḏ dʿy

Provenance
Wādī Sārah/ Janūb Wādī Sārahʿabd
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Associated Remains
Cairn 3

  • ʿAwād [Awad], M. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min ǧanūb wādī sārah/ al-bādiyah al-ʾurdunniyyah aš-šamāliyyah. Unpublished MA thesis, Yarmouk University. 1999.
Site
The southern part of Wādī Sārah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1998
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0031605
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