SIJ 168

Siglum: SIJ 168
Transliteration: l drʾl bn hḏr w wgd s¹fr (ʾ)nʿm f wg[ʿ]
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Translation: By Drʾl son of Hḏr and he found the inscription of {ʾnʿm} and {so} he lamented for [him]
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: SIJ 168: h- nʿm or (ʾ)nʿm for {ʾ}nʿm; f wm for f wg[ʿ]
Commentary: The text as copied by Thmpson is visible on the pohotograph as far as s¹f but unless it continues on an adjacent face it is difficult to see where he found the last eight letters. SIJ 169 is immediately below this text but the presence of a lām auctoris makes it difficult to take it as the continuation of 168 and anyway Thompson clearly saw something else. The sloping stem of the first letter of {ʾ}nʿm suggests that it is an ʾ of which the copyist has missed one of the side-strokes.

[SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA