SIJ 199

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 199
Transliteration
(b)(n) ṭhmt (b)[n] ḥlʾ---- f wḥ{d} m- (h) bʾs¹ ---- bʿls¹mn rwḥ
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Translation
{son of} Ṭhmt {son of} Ḥlʾ----so he was alone for his sadness---- {and so} O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief from adversity
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 199: fwḥqmybʾs¹ for ----f wḥ{d} m- (h) bʾs¹----; ()bh()y()hbʿls¹mn rwḥ for ----bʿls¹mn rwḥ; ʿṭhm trḥ lʾ---- for (b)(n) ṭhmt (b)[n] ḥlʾ----.
Commentary
This reading assumes that the text runs from the first line to the first and then to the second a common coil-like direction. The interpretation above is offered very tentatively.

Editio Princeps
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  • [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
#0016875
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