Is.K 154
Text Information
- Siglum
- Is.K 154
- Transliteration
-
l ḥḍg bn s¹wr w w[[l]]n ʿl- h- ʾrḍ
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By Ḥḍg son of S¹wr and affliction fell upon the land
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
One end of the l has a small, rubbed out prong. This can hardly be interpreted as an attempt at an h as the prongs in the h and ʾ later are much larger. It seems that the author erronously etched a small fork at one end and then erased it.
wln: This form is cognate with Classical Arabic waylun. It provides another attesation of the rare phenomenon of vestigal nunation.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- G.M.H. King
- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Inscriptions
- K 155
- Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Geraldine King on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–1996, and published here.
- Site
- Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1996
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Unformulaic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0028042
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Updated
21 Apr, 2026
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Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad and OCIANA, 'Is.K 154,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 21 Apr, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/4512. Accessed: 01 May, 2026.