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AbaNS 557

Siglum
AbaNS 557
Transliteration
l s¹by bn ḫfy h- hyg
Translation
By S¹by son of Ḫfy is [the drawing of] the male camel

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbaNS 557: h- hy this bull camel
Commentary
The author has crossed out some letters and then written bn ḫfy above. There appears to be a g after the y at the end although this is not mentioned by the editor.

Provenance
Wādī Ruʿeila
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr

Technique
Copy only

  • ʿAbābnah [Ababneh], M.I. Neue safaitische Inschriften und deren bildliche Darstellung. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 6). Aachen: Shaker, 2005.
Site
Site 14 on the survey, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2000
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0025326
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