GLH.Misc 1

Siglum
GLH.Misc 1
Transliteration
l hnʾ w ʾmt h- {s²}ʿr
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Translation
By Hnʾ and he was aiming for the thicket
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
A tracing found among Gerald Lankester Harding's papers. There is no indication of its provenance. For the interpretation of ʾmt compare Classical Arabic amata "he directed his course to" (Lane 95c) and for s²ʿr compare Classical Arabic šaʿār "luxuriant or abundant or dense trees" or šiʿār "trees in a land that is soft and depressed between two eminences where people alight, such as is termed dahnāʾ and the like, warming themselves thereby in winter and shading themselves thereby in summer" (Lane 1561a). Otherwise ʾmt might be interpreted on the basis of Arabic amata "he calculated (Lane 94c) and h-s²ʿr as al-šiʿrà "Sirius", the star dominating the very hottest part of the season of qyẓ which is followed by Suhayl the harbinger of the October rains. The antepenultimate letter could be f.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Unidentifiable
Direction of Script
Curving
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Unknown
Subjects
Genealogy, Movement
Old OCIANA ID
#0017858
Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA