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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Palmyra Museum no number 1

Text Information

Siglum
Palmyra Museum no number 1
Alternative Sigla
AKSJ Palmyra Museum 1
Transliteration
l mnʿ bn s¹lmt ḏ- ʾl gfft w wgm ʿl- ghl bn ls²ms¹
Translation
By Mnʿ son of S¹lmt of the lineage of Gfft and he grieved for Ghl son of Ls²ms¹

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AKSJ: lġms¹ for ls²ms¹.
Commentary
The inscription is carved into the crust on a piece of tabular flint.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
s² zig-zag
Technique
Incised

  • Abū ʿAssāf, ʿA. Kitābāt ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah fī matḥafay dimašq wa tadmur. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 25, 1975: 141-145, pls 1-4 [Arabic Section].
Site
Tanf area, Ḥimṣ (Ḥomṣ) Governorate, Syria
Current Location
Palmyra Museum (no number)
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010704
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