SIJ 291
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 291
- Transliteration
-
l s²rk bn mtn bn qḏy w s¹fr l- ḫzʾ w s¹fr l- bḫlth
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- Translation
-
By S²rk son of Mtn son of Qḏy and he wrote for his maternal uncle and he wrote for his true friend
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 291: qḏl for qḏy; w sfr r- ḫl -h w s¹fr l- ḫl -h “and he wrote for his maternal uncle and he wrote for his true friend” for w s¹fr l- ḫzʾ w s¹fr l bḫlth
- Commentary
- The y of qḏy is clear on the photograph as are the readings of the words which follow. Neither ḫzʾ nor bḫlth are previously attested.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- [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
- #0016974
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'SIJ 291.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11938. Accessed: 20 Jun, 2025.