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SIJ 923

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 923
Transliteration
l whb bn tʾl bn bgrt bn ʾglḥ bn s¹lm bn ʿmr bn ʾs¹lm w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ʾḫ -h w ʿl- dd -h w ʿl- ʾm -h ḏ- ʾl zd ʾl zhm
Translation
By Whb son of Tʾl son of Bgrt son of ʾglḥ son of S¹lm son of ʿmr son of ʾs¹lm and he grieved for his father and for his brother and for his paternal uncle and for his mother of the lineage of Zd of the lineage of Zhm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 923: ʾl for tʾl the t of the second name was omited from the copy published in SIJ but it is in Harding's original copy; zdʾl (k)hm for zd ʾl zhm.

Provenance
This inscription was rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
Site
High Cairn north of the Baghdad road, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0017661
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