BES26_DWL2 1

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Siglum
BES26_DWL2 1
Alternative Sigla
HANA.Saf 1, ZSIJ 5
Transliteration
l tm bn ṣrmt ḏ- [ʾ]l ʿmrt w rʿy ḍrk w ʾlt w ds²r ġnyt
Hayajneh 2011
Translation
By Tm son of Ṣrmt of the lineage of ʿmrt and he pastured suffering from scarcity so, Lt and Ds²r, let there be abundance
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Hayajneh 2011: rʿy ḍrk "and he pastured Ḍrk [place name!]"

Commentary

Carved in the Safaitic square script and boustrophedon in which line 1 runs from right-to-left and line 2 runs left-to-right but with the letters facing left. The same man carved ZMMS 205.

Editio Princeps
Hayajneh 2011
Field Collector
Hani Hayajneh

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

  • [ZSIJ] Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi, Alzouʾbi], M.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Amman: Ward Books, 2018.
  • [HANA.Saf] Hayajneh, H. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 756-781 in S. Weninger (ed.), The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook. (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikations-wissenschaft, 36). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Site
Al-Ḍuwaylah, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Lineage, Pasturing, Isolated Prayer, Deity
Old OCIANA ID
#0032524
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Hayajneh 2011 and Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'BES26_DWL2 1,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 13 Sep, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/785. Accessed: 01 Nov, 2026.