WFSG 2.1

Siglum
WFSG 2.1
Transliteration
l ʾyb bn tm bn s²ʿlh bn ḥy bn ʾyb ḏ- ʾl s¹lm w ʾs²rq f ḥll w wqʿ
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Translation
By ʾyb son of Tm son of S²ʿlh son of Ḥy son of ʾyb of the lineage of S¹lm and he migrated to the inner desert and then camped and carved his name
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WSFG 2.1: ʾyb ḏ- ʾl bn mwʾs² bqr ḥll w wqṣ "ʾyb ibn Mwʾs²bkr. He encamped and had his neck broken"; JaS 5 commentary p. 202: w wqʿ "and [he] fell". CSNS 1 commentary, p. 165: "of the tribe of S¹lm. And he went eastwards and he encamped and stopped for the night [here]". MST 6 n. 26: "and he migrated to the inner desert and then camped and wrote his name".
Commentary
See the discussion of the word wqʿ in MST 6, n. 26.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Signs
Rayed circle
Associated Inscriptions
WSFG 1.1–2; 2.2

  • [CSNS] Clark, V.A. A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Melbourne. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979 [1983].
  • [JSIS] Jamme, A. Safaitic Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. Oriens Antiquus 6, 1967: 189-213, pl. 50-55.
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
  • [WFSG] Worrell, W.H. Four Safaitic Graffiti. American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 58, 1941: 217-218, pl. 1.
Site
"About 100 miles [160 km] north-east of ... Amman and about 5 miles [8 km] off the road" (Worrell p. 217), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1933
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030048
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