SIJ 296
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 296
- Transliteration
- l s²ms¹ bn s²ddt ḏ- ʾ{l} ----d w bny h- s¹tr s¹nt ʾs¹r ḥrṯt ws²kt f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w ʿwr w ʿrg ḏ- yʿwr h- ḫ{ṭ}{ṭ}
- Translation
- By S²ms¹ son of S²ddt of the lineage of ----D aand he built the shelter he year Ḥrṯt made Ws²kt prisoner. So, O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and [inflict] blindness and lameness on whoever scratches out the carving
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 296: s²ddt ----d for s²ddt ḏ- ʾ{l} ----d. MNH pp. 343-344 and n. 261: s¹nt ʾs¹r ḥrṯt ws²kt - the year Ḥrṯt made Ws²kt prisoner; on Graf and references to ḥrṯt in the texts.
- 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
- #0016979
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