WRL 7

Siglum
WRL 7
Transliteration
l ms¹ʿd bn nqd w s²ḥṣ f h ds²r ġnmt w s¹lm
OCIANA
Translation
By Ms¹ʿd son of Nqd and he anticipated want [of rain] so, O Ds²r [grant] booty and security
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
WRL 6–8 are on one face of a large boulder near the entrance to the cave. This text is carved boustrophedon in carefully direct-hammered letters, starting below the end of WRL 6. At the end of the text there is a sun-sign.

Associated Signs
Sun sign
Associated Inscriptions

  • [WRL] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the left bank of Wādī Rushaydah, and published here.
Site
Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Weather, Isolated Prayer, Deity
Old OCIANA ID
#0036040
Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'WRL 7,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/40927. Accessed: 23 May, 2026.