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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AWS 394

Text Information

Siglum
AWS 394
Transliteration
l ʾnʿm bn ks¹ṭ bn tm bn ks¹ṭ bn ʿm bn s²mt w [w]gd s¹fr ʾb -h ks¹t f bʾs¹ m ẓll w wgm ʿl- ʾḫ -h tm trḥ w ʿl- ʾḫ -h ġs¹m trḥ w ʿl- ʾḫt -h hgy w ʿl- ʾḫt -h ʾḥbbt w rʿy mʿzy h- ym {s¹}ʾm wḥd w h lt s¹lm l- ḏ dʿy h- s¹fr
Translation
By ʾnʿm son of Ks¹ṭ son of Tm son of Ks¹ṭ son of ʿm son of S²mt and {he found} the inscription of his father Ks¹t and so despair to those who remain and he grieved for his brother Tm who had perished and for his brother Ġs¹m who had perished and for his sister Hgy and for his sister ʾḥbbt and he pastured some goats today disgusted and {alone} and O Lt [grant] security to whoever reads aloud the inscription

Interpretation

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

Associated Remains
Cairn 3

  • 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 Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.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
Subjects
Deity, Domestic animals, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0031068
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