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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 550

Siglum
SIJ 550
Transliteration
l ḥrn bn mt{r}k
Translation
By Ḥrn son of {Mtrk}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 550: l ḥbn bn tl(b). JSafN p. 69 note 89: l ḥrn bn mtlk.
Commentary
The m has been decorated. The penultimate letter has a pronounced hook at one end and is more likely to represent a badly coped r (cf the third letter) than a l (cf. the lām auctoris).

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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
#0017243
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