WTI 17

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT WTI 17: l s¹lm bn s¹nh w nṯl bm ṭġr " By S¹lm son of S¹nh and he emptied [his quiver] in the gate [?]" for l s¹lm bn s¹nk w ngy b- mg{r}{ḏ} "By S¹lm son of S¹nk and he escaped with mg{r}{ḏ}" DISCUSSION King (1990: 679) commented: Mixed Safaitic-Hismaic. "The interpretation of the text after bn is doubtful. The patronym could read bn and the next word kwn".
Commentary: The photograph shows that the first letter of the second name is a s¹. The letter after the g cannot be a l (compare the lām auctoris and the l in the first name) and is possibly a r. The final visible letter is probably the hooked top of a ḏ.

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