HHWS 31.1

Image © H. Hayajneh and R. Harahsheh
Siglum
HHWS 31.1
Alternative Sigla
Salhub 31a
Transliteration
l ʿlyn bn hms¹k w rʿy h- nḫl bql w ʾty b- ʾns¹
Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025
Translation
By ʿlyn son of Hms¹k and he pastured in this valley and came (here) during ʾns¹
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh and Harahsheh 2025: Trans. 'he pastured the valley on spring herbage and came with some people.'

Commentary

ʾns¹: This is likely a time period, previously attested in GBW 2. 

Ahmad Al-Jallad

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

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from right)

  • [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, Pasturing, Time
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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 31.1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 22 Dec, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45944. Accessed: 06 Mar, 2026.