AGQ 1

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Siglum
AGQ 1
Alternative Sigla
KnGQ 4
Transliteration
l ʾgrd bn fdy w ṣyr b- ḥg
OCIANA
Translation
By ʾgrd son of Fdy and he returned to water during (the time of) pilgrimage
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KnGQ 4 translation: "when he traveled on a/the pilgrimage"
Commentary
The return to permanent water (ṣyr) normally occurred in the period of ṣyf (early summer) or beginning of qyẓ (dry season). This text may therefore suggest that the change of seasons was celebrated with a pilgrimage to a shrine (Al-Jallad 2022: 42).

Editio Princeps
Sabri Abbadi

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Winding

  • [AbGQ] ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], Ṣ. Kitābāt ṣafawiyyah min ǧabal qurma. Dirāsāt al-ʿulūm al-insāniyyah wa-ʾl-iǧtimāʿiyyah [al-ǧāmiʿah al-urdunniyyah] 14, 1987: 125-156.
  • Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022a.
  • [KnGQ] Knauf, E.A. More Notes on Ǧabal Qurma, Minaeans and Safaites. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 107, 1991: 92-101.
Site
Ǧabal Qurmah, Al-Zarqāʾ Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1986
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Religion, Transhumance
Old OCIANA ID
#0040518
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Updated 30 Nov, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad