GBW 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- GBW 1
- Transliteration
-
l ʾnhk bn mġyr ḏ ʾl ms¹kt w wrd h- nhy s¹nt brḥ wrṯn l- h- rm
Al-Ghul 2021
- Translation
-
By ʾnhk son of Mġyr of the lineage of Ms¹kt and he went down to the pool the year Wrṯn left to the Rm
Al-Ghul 2021
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Commentary
-
nhy: 'pond', cf. Classical Arabic nahyun idem; this interpretation is supported by the archaeological context of the present inscriptions in the vicinity of pools that gather rain water (Al-Ghul 2021).
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Ghul 2021
- Field Collector
- Gary Rollefson, Yorke Rowan, Alexander Wasse
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- [GBW] Al-Ghul, O. Water installations and transhumance in four new Safaitic inscriptions from Birak al-Wisād. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 32, 2021: 354-361.
- Site
- Birak al-Wisād, Al-Zarqāʾ Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2011
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Movement, Outside peoples, Watering
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Updated
13 Oct, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
2021, Al-Ghul. 'GBW 1.' OCIANA. 13 Oct, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45865. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.