Arabian Epigraphic Notes

An Open Access Online Journal on Arabian Epigraphy.

New evidence of a conflict between the Nabataeans and the Ḥwlt in a Safaitic inscription from Wadi Ram

Abstract

This article reads and interprets a Safaitic inscription discovered in Wadi Ram that mentions a conflict between the Ḥwlt, a North Arabian tribe, and the Nabataeans.


Keywords

Chronology Nabataeans Safaitic

Remarks on the etymon trḥ in the Safaitic inscriptions

Abstract

This paper discusses four new Safaitic inscriptions from Jordan. Two of the funerary inscriptions shed light on the enigmatic grieving term trḥ, which could have both a passive meaning “perished” (lit. grieved for) and an active meaning “grieving intensely”.


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Ancient North Arabian Funerary Inscriptions Safaitic