NST 6

Text Information

Siglum
NST 6
Transliteration
l s¹wdn bn tm bn s¹wdn w tʾmr h- s²ḥṣ f lt w gdḍf ġnmt
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Translation
By S¹wdn son of Tm son of S¹wdn and he held a consultation (or meeting) [about] the want (i.e. shortage of supplies?). So O Lt [grant] booty
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NST 6: ġnmt "[give] booty". JRWH p. 517: w tʾmr h- s²ḥṣ "and he has received command over the milkless sheep". GK: as NST.
Commentary
There is an apotropaic sign of seven lines on the same stone (the same as for NST 4-5).

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
NST 4-5

  • [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
#0003069
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA