BES24_FWKh1 55
Text Information
- Siglum
- BES24_FWKh1 55
- Transliteration
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l ʿwdʾl bn ms²ʿr w s¹qmt mrʾt -h w ḫs¹ft ḥ{b}{b} -h {h} lt ʾḥy l- -h w ḫlṣt l- ḥmrh
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
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By ʿwdʾl son of Ms²ʿr and his wife was ill and his beloved became emaciated; {O} Allāt, may she have life and may ḥmrh (?) be delivered
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
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ʾḥy: The form ʾḥy must be a nominal form/infinitive of the C-stem of the root ḥyw, cognate with Classical Arabic ʾiḥyāʾun. We are motivated to understand it as such rather than an imperative because the object is introduced by the dative l-.
ḥmrh: This word shares the same consonantal skeleton as ḥimār ‘ass,’ but it is hard to see what ‘delivering’ his ride animal would mean. Rather, it is possible that his wife’s name is ḥmr and he used the suffix pronoun as a mode of endearment, or that her full name was simply ḥmrh. On the other hand, we may suppose a metathesis of m and r. The intended word might have been ḥrm, a synonym of mrʾt meaning ‘woman.’
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Jallad et al. 2026a
- Field Collector
- BES24 team
- Technique
- Chiselled
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- [BES24_FWKh1] Al-Jallad, A., S. Lischi, and A. Manaser. The Badia Epigraphic Survey: Report on Seasons 2024 and 2025. OCIANA: Zenodo, 2026.
- Site
- FWKh 1 (Farʿ Wādī al-Khuḍarī), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- Jun-19
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Grieving, Women, Relatives, Medical, Deity, Prayer
Updated
21 Oct, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES24_FWKh1 55,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 21 Oct, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/47897. Accessed: 22 Oct, 2026.