SIJ 549

Siglum
SIJ 549
Transliteration
l {h}ʾs²t h- mẓr
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Translation
By {Hʾs²t} is the look-out
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 549: {y}ʾs²t for {h}ʾs²t; h- mẓr a tribe. WH p. 82 comm. WH 245: h- mẓr “the look-out[point]”. TaIm p. 62: {y}ʾs²t eg. of ibdæl s²/s¹ read as yʾs¹t.
Commentary
On the copy the second letter looks like a h which has been tampered with by joining the prongs of the fork by a thinner line. Cf. hʾs².

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

  • [SIJ] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0017242
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