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AWS 393

Text Information

Siglum
AWS 393
Transliteration
l mʿn bn s¹by bn ḥmlt bn ms¹k w wgm ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h ḥrbn b- s¹b tdmr w b- s¹b ṭyʾ f h gdʿwḏ ṯʾr
Translation
By Mʿn son of S¹by son of Ḥmlt son of Ms¹k and he grieved for his companions who had been plundered by a company of men from Tadmur and a company of men of [the tribe of] Ṭyʾ and so, O Gdʿwḏ [grant] revenge

Interpretation

Commentary
For the interpretation of ṣb compare Arabic ṣubbah "a company of men" (Lane 1639b).

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

Associated Remains
Cairn 3

  • Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • 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 Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.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
#0031067
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