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AWS 176

Text Information

Siglum
AWS 176
Transliteration
l mhd bn s²mt bn ẓnnʾl w s¹qm f h s²ʿqm ḥnn w ʿwr ḏ- yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Mhd son of S²mt son of Ẓnnʾl and he was sick and so O S²ʿqm turn [it] away and blind whoever scratches out the inscription

Interpretation

Commentary
Note this is one of a handful of examples of the divine name s²ʿ-h-qm spelt s²ʿqm, see for instance KRS 56, 344, 1886, etc.

Provenance
Wādī as-Sūʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • ʿAlūlū [Alulu], Ġ.M.Y. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawīyyah jadīdah min wādī al-sūʿ ǧanūb sūrīyyah. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.
Site
Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030849
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