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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MNSI 1.1

Text Information

Siglum
MNSI 1.1
Transliteration
l ms¹k bn bdbl bn s¹lm w ḫṭṭ
Translation
By Ms¹k son of Bdbl son of S¹lm and he carved [the drawing or inscription]

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNSI: ms¹{l}{k} for ms¹k;
Commentary
There are two extraneous strokes between the s¹ and the k of the first name.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Associated Drawings
A horseman with a plumed helmet spearing a lion
Associated Inscriptions

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Appendix G. Notes on Some Safaitic Inscriptions. Pages 257-263 in S.W. Helms, Jawa, Lost City of the Black Desert. London: Methuen, 1981.
Site
Ǧāwā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1975
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Drawing of a wild animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026190
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