SIJ 88

Siglum
SIJ 88
Transliteration
l ẓʿn bn kḥs¹mn bn ẓnn ḏ- ʾl ḍf w hdy s¹nt ngy qṣr h- mḏ f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Ẓʿn son of Kḥs¹mn son of Ẓnn of the lineage of Ḍf and he was a commander the year Caesar ejected the Persians and so Lt may he be secure
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MRSIJ p. 179: qṣr = castra ʿlegionʾ CSNS p. 100, n. 86 (on p. 110): s¹nt ngy qṣr h- mḏ "the year the Roman army ejected the Parthians" KnAM p.220 n. 7: h- mḏ = h-mḏy a nisbah; p. 224 n. 36: qṣr = castra; p. 224 n. 37: hdy ʿscoutʾ
Commentary
On the photograph there is no sign of a y after mḏ.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

  • [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].
  • [KnAM] Knauf, E.A. Als die Meder nach Bosra Kamen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 134, 1984: 219-225.
  • [MRSIJ] Milik, J.T. [Review of Winnett 1957 (SIJ)]. Syria 37, 1960: 178-181.
  • [SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
Site
Ǧaṯūm, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0016759
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