HaNSB 216

Siglum: HaNSB 216
Alternative Sigla: HaNS 216
Transliteration: l mṣrm bn mlk bn s¹ʿr bn ṣb bn mlk w ḫrṣ h- ḫs¹f f h bʿls¹mn ḫlṣ w s¹lm
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Translation: By Mṣrm son of Mlk son of S¹ʿr son of Ṣb son of Mlk and he was watching the rain-clouds and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] deliverance and security
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HaNSB 216: ṣl for ṣb, and translation of ḫrṣ h- ḫs¹f "and he was on the look out for the torrential rains" (wa rāqaba 'l-maṭar al-ġazīrah).
Commentary: Safaitic ḫs¹f could be connected to Arabic ḫasf in the sense of a "source of water" or (also ḫisf and ḫasīf) "clouds that have arisen in the west bearing much water" (Lane 738c). Less likely is a connection with Arabic ḫusūf "lunar eclipse." The second letter of the fourth name is more like a b than a l.

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

[HaNS] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾīyah ǧadīdah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah muqāranah wa-taḥlīl. Unpublished doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Baghdad, August 2001. 2001.
[HaNSB] Ḥarāḥšah [Harahsheh], R.M.A. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah min al-bādīyah al-urdunīyah al-šimālīyyah al-šarqīyah — dirāsah wa-taḥlīl. Amman: Ward, 2010.
[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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA