SIJ 644
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 644
- Transliteration
- l mḥlm bn ys¹lm ḏ- ʾl ms¹kt w ts¹wq ʾl- ʾḫ [----] s¹{l}m
- Translation
- By Mḥlm son of Ys¹lm of the lineage of Ms¹kt and he longed for ʾḫ [....] [grant] {security}
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 644: ymym for ys¹lm; does not read {s¹}lm at the end.
- Commentary
- The stone is broken after ʾḫ and so it is impossible to know whether ʾḫ is a personal name or the common noun meaning "brother". The l of s¹lm at the end seems to be made up of two parallel lines joined at the bottom.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Associated Signs
- 7 lines joined top and bottom
- 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
- Royal Ontario Museum (West Asiatic no. 982.56.1)
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Yearning
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0017341
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