MNM b 6
Text Information
- Siglum
- MNM b 6
- Alternative Sigla
- King 1990: 641
- Transliteration
- l wtr bn tmlh bn wtr bn ms¹lm ḏ- ʾl mny w ḏkrt lt mḥrs¹ bn ḫlflh bn whbn w kll ʿs²r ṣdq w kll mn yqry wqʿ -n ḏh
- Translation
- By Wtr son of Tmlh son of Wtr son of Ms¹lm of the lineage of Mny; and may Lt remember Mḥrs¹ son of Ḫlflh son of Whbn; and every true kinsmen and all who read this inscriptions of ours
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- King (1990: 641) commented: "For this type of prayer see Ch.4.C.1".
- Commentary
- For a discussion of the meaning of the word wqʿ see MST p. 6, n. 26.
- Provenance
- At Khirbat al-madayniyyah, north-east of Al-Karak (Milik 1958-1959: 342).
- Original Reading Credit
- King 1990
- Original Translation Credit
- King 1990
- Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
- Milik, J.T. Nouvelles inscriptions sémitiques et grecques du pays de Moab. Liber Annuus 9, 1958-1959: 330-358.
- 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.
- Site
- Al-Karak, Al-Karak Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Religion
- Script
- Hismaic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0051892
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