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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 425

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 425
Transliteration
l ṭhd bn ḥg bn s¹lb w zʿl
Translation
By Ṭhd son of Ḥg son of S¹lb and he was sad

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 425: (ḍ)hd for ṭhd.
Commentary
The second letter is a clear ṭ and it i difficult to see how the copyist could have substituted it for a ḍ. On the other hand ṭ and ḍ are occasionally interchanged in Safaitic.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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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
#0017113
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