CSP 1.1

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Siglum
CSP 1.1
Transliteration
l nb{ʿ} bn ḫlṣt [b][----]m ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt w wgm ʿl- ʾmr w rġm mny
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Translation
By {Nbʿ} son of Ḫlṣt ----m of the lineage of ʿmrt and he grieved for ʾmr and was struck down by Fate
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
CSP: ʿlg bn ḫlḫt for nb{ʿ} bn ḫlṣt. CSNS p. 29 n. 47 p. 83 n. 42: ḫlṣt for ḫlḫt. JMAA VIII p. 12: nrg bn ḫlṣt for nb{ʿ} bn ḫlṣt. MTB p. 47: ʿlg bn ḫlḫt b[n] for nb{ʿ} bn ḫlṣt [b][----]. JMAA XIII p.120: comment on SIAM II's reading of the text. MNH p. 311 n. 50: note that CSP 1 was found not in the village but in the desert nearby.
Commentary
SIAM II p. 191: points out that the last letter of the first name could be an ʿ or g.

Editio Princeps
SIAM II p.191

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

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
#0010645
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