HHWS 24
Text Information
- Siglum
- HHWS 24
- Alternative Sigla
- Salhub 24
- Transliteration
-
l dʾyt bn s²ʿʾl bn ʾybt w rʿy b- ʿwn
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
- Translation
-
By Dʾyt son of S²ʿʾl son of ʾybt and he pastured with help
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: Trans. 'By Dʾyt son of S2ʿʾl son of ʾybt and he pastured in ʿwn.'
- Commentary
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ʿwn: The editio princeps understands this word as a toponym, a location of pasturing. However, static location is rarely indicated by the locative preposition b-; instead, the accusative is used in such circumstances. I would, therefore, suggest a connection with Classical Arabic ʿawīn, ʿawn 'an attendant', 'servant' (Lane, 2203c). This theme can be connected to those inscriptions of slaves and hired men pasturing the animals of others, cf. kry.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
- Field Collector
- H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh
- Technique
- Hammered
- 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.
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- Site
- Wādī Salḥūb, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2013, 2015
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Pasturing
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Updated
22 Dec, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
2025, Hayajneh and Harahsheh and Ahmad Al-Jallad. 'HHWS 24.' OCIANA. 22 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45933. Accessed: 12 Jan, 2026.