AN OATH FOR VENGEANCE? A VENDETTA WITH THE TESTIMONY OF THE GODDESS ALLĀT IN AN ANCIENT NORTH ARABIAN INSCRIPTION FROM JORDAN.

This paper deals with a new Ancient North Arabian (ANA)-Safaitic inscription from the north-eastern basaltic region of Jordan. Its author registers a revenge-taking action for a man called S1TR. In contrast to the usual type of Safaitic inscriptions that deal with revenge, we encounter here a case of revenge in which the Arabian goddess Allāt is called for s 2hdt ‘testimony’. The onomastic and lexical components, with special focus on the lexeme s2hdt and its semantic field, are investigated and analyzed in light of the Semitic lexicon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]