NEH 5
Text Information
- Siglum
- NEH 5
- Transliteration
-
l ḥnʾl bn ḥgy ḏ- ʾl ṭs¹m w nẓr ʿl- dmṣy w ts²wq ʾl- ʾs¹d bn yẓr
Al-Salameen et al. 2018
- Translation
-
By Ḥnʾl son of Ḥgy of the lineage of Ṭs¹m and he stood guard for Dmṣy and longed for ʾs¹d son of Yẓr
Al-Salameen et al. 2018, modified by Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
Al-Salameen et al. 2018: trans. "and he was on the look-out for Dmṣy" for nẓr ʿl- dmṣy.
- Commentary
On the tribe of Ṭs¹m, see the commentary of ZSH 1.
Note that the phrase w nẓr ʿl- dmṣy recurs in NEH 6 and Dmṣy is also mentioned in SIJ 823 which is by the same man as NEH 6.1 on this rock.
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Salameen et al. 2018
- Field Collector
- Zeyad al-Salameen, Younis al-Shdaifat and Rafe Harahsheh
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [NEH] al-Salamīn [Al-Salameen], Z., Al-Šudayfāt [Shdeifat, Shdifat] Y. & Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R. Nabataean echoes in al-Ḥarrah: New evidence in light of recent field work. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 150:1, 2018: 60-79.
- Site
- Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2017
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Historical, Lineage, Outside peoples, Watch (keeping), Yearning
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0056661
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Updated
03 Mar, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'NEH 5.' OCIANA. 03 Mar, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/43767. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.