CSP 1.2

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Siglum
CSP 1.2
Transliteration
[----] ʿzz bn mnʿt ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt w w{g}[----]{r} bn ʾḫ -h mqtl
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Translation
---- ʿzz son of Mnʿt of the lineage of ʿmrt and w{g}----{r} son of his brother [who was] killed
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
CSP: l ʿ]zz for [----] ʿzz and w[gm ʿl ----]b bn ʾḫ -h mn qtl for w{g}[----]{r} bn ʾḫ -h mqtl. mn qtl "who was killed". JMAA VIII p. 13: mʿzz for [----] ʿzz; w w[gm ʿl- ----]r bn ʾḫ -h ml qtl for w w{g}[----]{r} bn ʾḫ -h mqtl "And [he] has m[ourned upon -----]r son of his brother Ml [who] was killed. MTB p. 47: [----]zz for [----] ʿzz; w[gm ʿl ʿmr]r bn ʾḫ -h mnqtl for w{g}[----]{r} bn ʾḫ -h mqtl; mnqtl "tué". JMAA XIII p.120-121: comment on SIAM II and points out that ʿmr]r in MTB but must be corrected to ʿm]r; read as in JMAA VIII.
Commentary
It is possible that the verb wgm should be restored where the stone is broken but it is not the only alternative.

Editio Princeps
SIAM II p. 191

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Inscriptions

  • [CSP] Clark, V.A. Some New Pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions from Northern Arabia. Abr-Nahrain 17, 1976-1977 [1978]: 35-42.
Site
Near Dayr al-Kahf, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (14200)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010524
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA