CSNS 661

Text Information

Siglum
CSNS 661
Transliteration
l drb bn qn h- nbṭy
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Translation
By Drb son of Qn the Nabataean
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
CSNS: h- nbṭ{y} for h- nbṭy.
Commentary
See RMenv.C 1 and 2, and BSWSA 562 for other Safaitic inscriptions by people claiming to be "Nabataeans", and see the discussions in Macdonald 2009 II, 307, n. 28; 350, n. 302; 2009 IV, 185, n. 23, 186.

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Associated Signs
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Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [CSNS] Clark, V.A. A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Melbourne. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979 [1983].
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
Site
CSNS Site H (Qāʿ al-ʿArqadiya), Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0015592
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA