HHWS 21

Image © H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh
Siglum
HHWS 21
Transliteration
l yʿly bn hms¹k rʿy h- nḫl bql f ḍyf f gly w {ʾ}{l}mnt h- ʾrḍ bql
Ahmad Al-Jallad (2025f)
Translation
By Yʿly son of Hms¹k and he pastured in the valley on fresh herbage and was (at first) treated as a guest but then driven away and so he sought refuge in this land among fresh herbage
Ahmad Al-Jallad (2025f)
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: l yʿly bn hms1k w-rʿy h-nḫl bql f-ḍyf f-gly
w-{ʾ}{ġ/l/r}mnt h-ʾrḍ bql, Trans. 'By Yʿly son of Hms1k and he pastured the valley on spring herbage, and so may he stay as a guest and he departed, and the earth ʾ{ġ/l/r}mnt fresh herbage.'

Commentary

See Al-Jallad 2025e for a detail commentary on the the term ʾlmnt 'to seek refuge'.

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

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Spiral inwards

  • Al-Jallad, A. Seeking refuge and the Ǧinn: two notes on Safaitic lexicography. Semitica et Classica 18, 2025f: 59-64.
  • [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, Movement, Pasturing
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(2025f), Ahmad Al-Jallad. 'HHWS 21.' OCIANA. 21 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45929. Accessed: 13 Jan, 2026.