AWS 390

Text Information

Siglum
AWS 390
Transliteration
l ʿdy bn s¹ʿd ḏ- ʾl ṣʿd (w) n(w)y h- ms¹rt {h} lt brʾ ʾl ʿwḏ m- h- ʿzy
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Translation
By ʿdy son of S¹ʿd of the lineage of Ṣʿd {and} the unit {migrated} {O} Lt free the ʾl ʿwḏ from the companies of men
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The word ms¹rt can mean either "a camp" or a "military unit". For ʿzy as "companies of men" compare Classical Arabic ʿizan pl. of ʿizah "party of men who league together to defend one another" (Lane 2039a). If h-ʿzy is taken as the name of the goddess Al-ʿUzzā it is difficult to see what would be meant by "free ʾl ʿwḏ from Al-ʿUzzā".

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Associated Remains
Cairn 3

  • [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 Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.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
Old OCIANA ID
#0031064
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