SIJ 353

Siglum: SIJ 353
Transliteration: l mġny bn zbd w s²ṭr f h lt ḥnn
Translation: By Mġny son of Zbd and he was cross-eyed. So, O Lt, (have) pity

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: SIJ 353: mfny for mġny; ḥ{n}{n} for ḥnn.
Commentary: The text is written vertically on a rock face and below line 2 there is the beginning of a Kufic graffito not published in Baramki 1964 (BNAS). Comparison of the third letter with the f introducing the prayer shows that the former cannot be a f and must be a ġ. The n's of ḥnn are clear on the photograph used for SIJ Pl. V and it is not clear why Winnett marked them as uncertain.

Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.