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AbaNS 679

Siglum
AbaNS 679
Transliteration
l ṣrm bn glḏʿt h- bkrt w ḥw{b}
Translation
By Ṣrm son of Glḏʿt is the young she-camel and {he wept with grief}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbaNS 679: w ḥwr and he returned
Commentary
The last letter is smaller than the r in the text and it seems more likely that it should be read as a b.

Provenance
Wādī Ruʿeila
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/normal
Technique
Copy only

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0025449
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