The four new inscriptions tackled here were written by four persons, three from the same social group ʾl ʾty, a hitherto sparsely attested group. They came to Birak al-Wisād most probably seeking water and pasture for their animals and might have settled there from early summer until late summer. They designated the source of water they came to as nhy. After considering the epigraphic, linguistic and archaeological information, the paper confirms that this word should be understood as “pool”. In addition, the four inscriptions delivered two so far unattested personal names, Wrṯn and Ḫmrt. For the first time in Safaitic inscriptions, one of the inscriptions introduced the expression w wrd h-ʾwl ʾns¹ “And he went down to the water as the first of (all) people”.

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Birak al-Wisād 的四个新的 Safaitic 铭文中的水装置和迁徙

这里处理的四个新铭文是由四个人写的，其中三个来自同一个社会群体ʾlʾty，这是一个迄今为止很少得到证实的群体。他们来到 Birak al-Wisād 很可能是为他们的动物寻找水源和牧场，可能从初夏到夏末都在那里定居。他们将他们来到的水源指定为nhy。在考虑了碑文、语言和考古资料后，论文确认该词应理解为“池”。此外，四个铭文提供了两个迄今为止未经证实的个人姓名，Wrṯn 和Ḫmrt。第一次在萨法特铭文中，其中一个铭文引入了表达w wrd h- ʾ wl ʾ ns ¹“他作为（所有人）中的第一个下水”。