HHWS 19.3

Text Information

Siglum
HHWS 19.3
Alternative Sigla
Salhub 19c
Transliteration
l bnt bn ġ{ḍ} bn mḥll bn ʾ{ṣ}lḥ w wgm ʿl- ḥbb f ḥbb
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Translation
By Bnt son of {Ġḍ} son of Mḥll son of {ʾṣlḥ} and he
grieved for loved one after loved one
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: ʾ{m/ṣ}lḥ for ʾ{ṣ}lḥ

Editio Princeps
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Field Collector
H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from left)

Associated Inscriptions

  • [HHWS] Hayajneh, H. & Harahsheh R. More Safaitic prayers, curses, and grief from Wādī Salḥūb (northeastern Jordan). Semitica et Classica 18, 2025: 273-290.
Site
Wādī Salḥūb, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2013, 2015
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving for a group
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Updated 21 Dec, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025, 'HHWS 19.3,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 21 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45923. Accessed: 04 Mar, 2026.