HHWS 23.1

Image © H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh
Siglum
HHWS 23.1
Alternative Sigla
Salhub 23a
Transliteration
l ylʿy bn bnt w rʿy nw{y} ṣhy f tẓr h- s¹my
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Translation
By Yʿly son of Bnt and he pastured while migrating and suffering of thirst and then awaited the rains
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: Trans. 'By Yʿly son of Bnt and he grazed the droughty (?)
pastureland, so he was waiting for the rains.'

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

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Left to right

Associated Drawings
Seven lines
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, Movement, Waiting, Watering
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Updated 22 Dec, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025 and Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'HHWS 23.1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 22 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45932. Accessed: 07 Mar, 2026.