ABSG 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- ABSG 1
- Transliteration
-
l ʿqrb bn ḫlf bn wd bn tm bn wd bn ʿqrb w s¹rt mʿ- whblh bn ẓnʾl w ṣyr s¹lm
Al-Jallad 2021
- Translation
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By ʿqrb bn Ḫlf bn Wd bn Tm bn Wd bn ʿqrb and he served in a troop with Whblh son of Ẓnʾl so may he return from the desert safely
Al-Jallad 2021
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
The individual, Whblh son of Ẓnʾl, mentioned in the dating formula is likely the author of WH 1849. This individual appears to be the commander of a military troop containing both Roman and Iranian soldiers; see ABSG Grk 1.
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Jallad and Bernard 2021
- Field Collector
- BES18 team
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- Associated Signs
- Seven lines
- Associated Inscriptions
- [ABSG] Al-Jallad, A. & Bernard, Ch. New Safaitic and Greek inscriptions from the Jordanian Ḥarrah relating to Roman military units. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 171.1, 2021: 69-80
- Site
- Wādī Ḥašād Al-Ḫuḍarī, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Military, Movement
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Updated
19 Apr, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'ABSG 1.' OCIANA. 19 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44210. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.