SIJ 291
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 291
- Transliteration
- l s²rk bn mtn bn qḏy w s¹fr l- ḫzʾ w s¹fr l- bḫlth
- Translation
- By S²rk son of Mtn son of Qḏy and he wrote for his maternal uncle and he wrote for his true friend
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.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- 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
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0016974
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