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NSR 18

Text Information

Siglum
NSR 18
Alternative Sigla
JaS 84
Transliteration
l mḥlm bn ʿṭs¹ bn ʾ{y}s¹ bn ḥyn bn {w}d bn ʿt{s¹} w g{l}{s¹}
Translation
By Mḥlm son of ʿṭs¹ son of {ʾys¹} son of Ḥyn son of {Wd} son of {ʿṭs¹} and he camped

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NSR: yks for ʾ{y}s¹ and wd bn ʿṭs w gls¹ for {w}d bn ʿṭ{s¹} w g {l}{s¹}. JaS 84: l nwd bn ʿṭs¹ w wgm ʿl mḥlm bn ʿṭs¹ bn ʾls¹ bn ynʿm; translation of the last part "And he has mourned over Mḥlm son of ʿṭs¹ son of ʾls¹ son of Ynʿm". H unp.: ʾys for yks; {w}d bn ʿ{ṭ}s¹ w g{l}{s¹} for wd bn ʿṭs¹ w glw.
Commentary
The photograph is not good enough to check most of the reading satisfactorily. The last two letters of the last word are very doubtful although the l is more or less visible under the lichen.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Chiselled

  • Abdallah, Y.M. Al-nuqūsh al-ṣafawiyya fī maǧmūʿat ǧāmiʿat al-riyāḍ ʿām 1966. M.A.Thesis, American University of Beirut, 1970. [Unpublished]. 1970.
Site
On the way to Ġadīr Budaynah, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1966
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010348
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