Remarks on the etymon trh in the Safaitic inscriptions

Author(s):
al-Manaser, Ali; Abbadi, Sabri
Published
2016
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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”.

Date issued
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia (LeiCenSAA)
Is part of
ISSN source
2451-8875
hdl
1887/40201