HaNSB 218

Siglum: HaNSB 218
Alternative Sigla: HaNS 218
Transliteration: l ḍhd bn nr bn ḥrb bn ḍhd bn kṯbt bn ḥmyn w wgm ʿl- s¹lm w ʿl- ġyr w ʿl- ʾʿdg w ʿl- ʿwḏn w ʿl- bʿl w ʿl- ḥny w ʿl- s¹ny f wny w ngs² h- ʾbl m- ḥrn mn ṯlg b- rʾy ngm
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Translation: By Ḍhd son of Nr son of Ḥrb son of Ḍhd son of Kṯbt son of Ḥmyn and he grieved for S¹lm and for Ġyr and for ʾʿdg and for ʿwḏn and for Bʿl and for Ḥny and for S¹ny and he was depressed and he drove the camels from the Ḥrn on account of snow during the rising of Virgo.
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HaNS 218: kṯrt for kṯbt; translation from from w ngs² "and he drove the camels from Ḥawrān because of the snow when he saw aṯ-ṯurayyā"
Commentary: The penultimate letter of the fifth name is more like a b than a r. We connect Safaitic ngs² to Arabic naǧaša "he collected together [camels etc.] after a state of dispersion"; "he drove vehemently" (Lane 2771b). For the interpretation of b-rʾy ngm see Al-Jallad 2016: 85, 101. The reference could either be to the heliacal rising in early October or the acronical rising in February.

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
[CSA] Clark, V.A. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Sakaka and Azraq. Abr-Nahrain 23, 1984-1985: 14-21, pls 1-2.
[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 Unpublished doctoral thesis submitted at the University of Baghdad, August 2001. 2001.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.
[SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
[WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.

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