NST 4

Siglum
NST 4
Transliteration
l zbd bn s¹ḫr bn dʾf bn s¹ḫr w rdf h- ḍʾn f h gdʿwḏ s¹lm w mgdt
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Translation
By Zbd son of S¹ḫr son of Dʾf son of Ḫr and he followed the sheep. So O Gd ʿwḏ [grant] security and glory
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JSafN 34: mgdt "happiness". H unp. p. 197: mgdt "abundance". GK: as NST.
Commentary
There is an apotropaic sign of seven lines on the same stone (the ends of the lines are linked together by two other lines running perpendicular to them).

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [NST] Harding, G.L. New Safaitic Texts. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 1, 1951: 25-29, pl. 8.
Site
Qaʿ el ʿAbd, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1817)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003067
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA