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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 370

Siglum
SIJ 370
Transliteration
l hʿṣ(d) (b)n bʿq h- {ʿ}l
Translation
By {Hʿṣd} son of Bʿq is the {ʿl}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 370: h- gl for h- {ʿ}l.
Commentary
There is no indication of whether there was a drawing accompanying the inscription. Lane 2124a: ʿall - “an emaciated tick, or a big-bodied tick”. Lane 2201b: under ʿawīl, ʿawl “a weeping, crying out”. Lane 2212a: under ʿaylah, ʿīl “poverty, want” Or has something been left out.

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  • 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
#0017056
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