Al-Mafraq Museum 71
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-Mafraq Museum 71
- Transliteration
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l {ʾ}s¹r bn mgt ḏ- ʾl s¹lm w ts¹wq ʾl- ʾḫ -h whblh f h lt s¹lm w qbll
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
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By ʾs¹r son of Mgt of the lineage of S¹lm and he longed for his brother Whblh, so, O Lt, may he be secure and reunited (with him)
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 4
Interpretation
- Commentary
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ts¹wq: The interpretation of this word as a variant of ts²wq is assured by its identical formulaic context. As such, it reflects the rare merger of s¹ and s². The phonetic outcome is unclear.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- ʿAbd al-Qāder al-Ḥuṣān
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon
- [Al-Mafraq Museum] Inscriptions kept at the Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum of uncertain provenances
- Site
- Al-Laẓayīm al-ašqaf [?], Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 2016
- Current Location
- Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Prayer, Yearning
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0052112
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Updated
12 Mar, 2026
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Ahmad Al-Jallad, 'Al-Mafraq Museum 71,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 12 Mar, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/1763. Accessed: 09 Apr, 2026.