Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 158700

Text Information

Siglum
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 158700
Alternative Sigla
Stehle 1960: 3–7
Transliteration
l rmyn bn qṣtr bn ʾs¹ bn tm bn ʾgdl w wgm ʿl- ʾgys² mqtl f h lt w ds²r ṯʾr
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Translation
By Rmyn son of Qṣtr son of ʾs¹ son of Tm son of ʾgdl and he grieved for ʾgys² killed and so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] revenge
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Stehle 1960: 3: w wgmn l- ʾgys² mqtl "and a mark for the troops who were killed"
Commentary
There is an indentation after the third m which Stehle read as a n but which is an extraneous mark.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon/coil
Site
Qaṣr Burquʿ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (158700)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026106
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA