CSP 2

Text Information

Siglum
CSP 2
Transliteration
----m bn tmds²r bn flgt bn wtr bn {ṣ}rm w ḏkrt lt {ṣ}rm w tm w ʿm w ʾs¹d w ḥ----
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Translation
----m son of Tmds²r son of Flgt son of Wtr son of {Ṣrm}; and may Lt remember {Ṣrm} and Tm and ʿm and ʾs¹d and Ḥ----
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Clark: tmdnr for tmds²r and flṯt for flgt. Knauf 1985: 205, n. 4: tmds²r. DISCUSSION King (1990: 624) commented: "Written on a tripod saucer. The ṣ's in both cases of the name ṣrm look as though they are slightly doubtful copies".

Editio Princeps
King 1990

  • [CSP] Clark, V.A. Some New Pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions from Northern Arabia. Abr-Nahrain 17, 1976-1977 [1978]: 35-42.
  • [AMJ] King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
  • Knauf, E.A. A South Safaitic Alphabet from Khirbet es-Samrāʾ. Levant 17, 1985: 204-206.
Site
Al-Mafraq [?], Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Private collection
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0051677
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA