SIJ 293
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 293
- Transliteration
- l ms¹k bn bdbl bn ms¹k bn rfʾt w ʾṣly w ʾqs¹m b- ʾlh ḥy l- hdy ʿẓm
- Translation
- By Ms¹k son of Bdbl son of Ms¹k son of Rfʾt and he made a burnt offering and swore by ʾlh, who is living, that he shall lead with greatness
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 293: ---- bn ms¹k bn r---- only.
- Commentary
- The text is quite clear on the photograph. Compare Arabic ʾaqsama bi-llāhi “he swore by God” (Hava 605).
- 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.
- Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
- Site
- Ǧāwā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0016976
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