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NST 8

Text Information

Siglum
NST 8
Transliteration
l gṣr bn ʿqrb bn ʾʿl ḏ- ʾl wqrʾl w w----s¹ qbr (qhr) f h ds²r s¹lm
Translation
By Gṣr son of ʿqrb son of ʾʿl of the lineage of Wqrʾl and he ---- a tomb (or he overcame). So O Ds²r [grant] security

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
H (?): w wgd qbr "and he found a tomb" for w w----s¹ qbr. Ryckmans Le Muséon 71 (1958) p. 139: w wgr qbr "and he erected a burial place" for w w----s¹ qbr. SHI p. 72: w wgm ʿl s¹r for w w----s¹ qbr. JSafN 5: w wg{m} ʿl kr for w w----s¹ qbr. JSafN p. 110 (?): read first name d{ḥ}r. H unp. p. 171: w wgd qbr "and he found a tomb" for w w----s¹ qbr. HIn p. 162: jṣr. GK: l dṣr bn ʿqrb bn ʾʿl ḏ- ʾl wqr{ʾ}{l} w w[g]---- qhr f h ds²r s¹lm.

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Unidentifiable

  • Harding, G.L. New Safaitic Texts. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 1, 1951: 25-29, pl. 8.
Site
Somewhere east of Al-Qaṭrāna, Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J (1820)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0003071
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