SIT 34
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIT 34
- Alternative Sigla
- CEDS 603
- Transliteration
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l ġṯt w s²q
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- Translation
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By ġṯt and he tilled [the ground]
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 1
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
SIT: w s²q "and he tilled [the ground]. CEDS 603: JMAA VIII p. 5: l ġṯt ws²q "By ġṯt. He has hastened [here]".
OCIANA 1: s²q 'he tilled the ground', compare with Classical Arabic šaqqa "he furrowed" (Lane 1576).
- Commentary
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While OCIANA 1 understood s²q as a verb meaning 'tilling the ground', nothing in the present context suggests such an activity. It is more likely that we are dealing with a variant of the common longing formula w ts²wq 'and he was filled with longing.' The form s²q could be a passive G-stem meaning 'he was filled with longing' (Lane, 1620a) or perhaps just a nominal form, śawq, meaning 'there was longing'. Finally, while the name ġṯt is known it is comparatively rare compared to the name ġṯ. It is possible that the author committed a writing error, exchanging the position of the t and w, intending in fact l ġṯ ts²wq 'by Ġṯ, who was filled with longing.'
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Harding 1972
- Field Collector
- G.L. Harding (late 60s); V. Clark (1980)
- Technique
- Unidentifiable
- Direction of Script
- Left to right
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche
- [CEDS] Safaitic inscriptions recorded by V.A. Clark on the Eastern Desert Survey and published here
- [SIT] Harding, G.L. Safaitic Inscriptions from Tapline in Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 17, 1972: 5-14 and 2 unnumbered plates.
- [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
- At Km. 959 of the ARAMCO Tapline; EDS 80-16, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- Late 1960s; 1980
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Name only, Yearning
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010587
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