WAMS 5

Text Information

Siglum
WAMS 5
Transliteration
l ʾ{y} bn yẓr bn ʾr ḏ- ʾl rwḥ w dṯʾ b- ʾs²d{d} w gls¹ f ʿr f ʾlt s¹lm
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Translation
By {ʾy} son of Yẓr son of ʾr of the lineage of Rwḥ and he spent the season of later rains in dearth and he stopped [there] and then went to and fro. So ʾlt [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WAMS: ʾ{r} for ʾ{y} {ʿ}br for yẓr rbḥ for rwḥ ʾs²d{l} for ʾs²d{d} {w} gls¹ for w gls¹ f rd for f rʿ. Translation from w dṯʾ "he spent the spring in ʾs²d{l}. He sat solitary so O ʾlt [grant him] security". JMAA VI p. 140 n. 126: bẓr for yẓr ʾs²dn for ʾs²d{d} f rq "and he was weak" for f rʿ. MNH p. 336 n. 216: on yẓr; p. 358-359: n. 364: "he camped briefly" for "he stopped ".

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised?
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

  • [WAMT] Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003163
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