HSD 4

Siglum
HSD 4
Transliteration
l yʿll bn ----rm bn s²m{r} bn tm bn ---- bn nʿmn w ---- ʿl- ʾḫ -h s¹{b}y f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ l- ḏ ----
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Translation
By Yʿll son of ----rm son of {s²mr} son of Tm son of ---- son of Nʿmn and ---- for his brother {s¹by} {or a prisoner} and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief to whoever ----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
HSD 4: ----lm for ----rm; sby as a personal name Sby; JSV p. 18 n.17: l dyr bn rʿm bn s²gn bn tm bn s¹kr bn nʿmn w ḫrṣ w bny ʿl- ḫ -h s¹rk f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ l- ḏ nẓr
Commentary
On the drawing see Al-Manaser 2018: 84.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche around HSD 3–6
Associated Drawings
A woman with an elaborate hairdo, a man on a horse, another woman with a lyre on a donkey or mule, a hound
Associated Inscriptions
HSD 1-3; 5-6

  • Al-Manāsīr [Al-Manaser], A.Y.Kh. Traditional music or religious ritual? Ancient rock art illuminated by Bedouin custom. Pages 81–95 in L. Nehmé & A.Al-Jallad (eds), To the Madbar and back again. Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C. A. Macdonald. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 92). Leiden: Brill, 2018.
  • [HSD] Harding, G.L. A Safaitic Drawing and Text. Levant 1, 1969: 68-72, pl. 19.
  • [JSV] Jamme, A. Safaitic Vogüé 402. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 31, 1972: 16-21.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Uncertain
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0026018
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA