AWS 280

Siglum
AWS 280
Transliteration
l mlk bn zbd bn mlk ḏ- ʾl bʿʾyt ḏb{ḥ} dm ʾmr bn ṣʿb
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Translation
By Mlk son of Zbd son of Mlk of the lineage of Bʿʾyt {he sacrificed} the blood of ʾmr son of Ṣʿb
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The lineage name, bʿʾyt, seems implausible and the copy may be at fault. The most obvious interpretation of the word dm after ḏbḥ would be "blood", though so far this would be the only reference to human blood sacrifice in these inscriptions.

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Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • [AWS] ʿAlūlū [Alulu], Ġ.M.Y. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min wādī al-sūʿ ǧanūb sūriyyah. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.
Site
Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0030953
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