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MDT 4

Text Information

Siglum
MDT 4
Transliteration
l s¹hm bn bnʿḏ b{n} s¹hm {w} ʾ{s²}rq b- h- mʿzy----
Translation
By S¹hm son of Bnʿḏ {son of} S¹hm {and} {he migrated to the inner desert} with the goats ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MDT 4: l s¹hm bn ʿḏʾl h- mʿzʾ f rqb b- h- mʿ[z]ʾ b- h----t f h lt [s¹lm] "haḏæ l-makæn aṣ-ṣulb fa ræqaba al-miʿzæ bi-l----t fa yæ allæt"
Commentary
The inscription is written around the edge of the rock which is very damaged. The third ʾ in the author's transliteration is a mistake for y which is clear in the copy. The letters read by the author after the second z probably belong to another text which starts below the third m of MDT 4. MDT 4 might continue near the edge of the rock but it is difficult to distinguish any letters because of the abrasions on the rock.

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.ʿA. Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah l-nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min al-urdun / al-mafraq. Maǧallah ǧāmiʿat al-malik saʿūd 11: al-adāb 1, 1999: 105-138.
Site
Al-Mafraq area, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0017863
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