SIJ 284
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 284
- Transliteration
-
l mrbḥ bn ymlk w s²ṭr f <<>>h lh ḥnn w ġyrt w s¹lm w ʿwr l- mn yʿwr h- s¹fr
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- Translation
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By Mrbḥ son of Ymlk. And he was cross-eyed. And, O Lh, [grant] pity and relief and security, but blindness to him who obliterates the inscription.
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The author first wrote f ḥ and then realising that he had omitted the vocative particle + N.Div. wrote h lh to one side of the ḥ and continued the text from there.
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- [SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
- Site
- Ǧāwā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0016967
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'SIJ 284.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11931. Accessed: 20 Jun, 2025.