AZNG 1

Siglum
AZNG 1
Transliteration
l ḫlṣt bn mʿn ḏ- ʾl s¹ʿd w mrd ṯlṯ s¹nn mn qbl nfs¹ ẓlm f h lt w ds²r s¹lm l- ḏ ġnẓ ẓlm
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Translation
By Ḫlṣt son of Mʿn of the lineage of S¹ʿd and Nepos who was oppressive faced a rebellion for three years so O Lt and Ds²r keep him safe who was distressed by oppression
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AZNG: mrd ṯlṯ s¹nn mn qbl nfs¹ ẓlm f h lt w ds²r s¹lm l-ġnẓ ẓlm "he rebelled three years against Nepos who is a tyrant so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security to whom who escaped tyranny"
Commentary
The translation here is that of Al-Jallad 2015: 152, 166–167, 222. However, it should be noted that a statement referring to something which does not explicitly involve the author ("and Nepos who was oppressive faced a rebellion for three years") is extremely rare in the Safaitic inscriptions.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Special Letter Forms
Shallow horizontal ẓ; 3-stroke s²
Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Signs
2 circles between lines 1 and 2

  • [AZNG] ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], Ṣ. & Zayadine, F. Nepos the Governor of the Provincia Arabia in a Safaitic Inscription?. Semitica 46, 1996: 155-164, pl. 17.
  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Site
Jordan
Date Found
Wādī al-Ḥashād
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Subjects
Deity, Foreign personal name(s), Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Outside peoples, Time
Old OCIANA ID
#0014917
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA