SIJ 700
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 700
- Transliteration
- l ṯlm bn grm bn ḏʾl bn bwk w h lt ġnmt w h rḍy ʿwr m ʿwr
- Translation
- By Ṯlm son of Grm son of Ḏʾl son of Bwk and O Lt [grant] booty and O Rḍy blind whoever scratches out the writing
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 700: khl for {l}ʾ{n}; bʿ(ṭ) for bʿ{s¹}; nothing after rḍ{y}.
- Commentary
- The first letter of the third name has only a faint smudge to one side and so is probably l rarther than h while its third letter is a short stroken inscised over a long one hence n. There are another two inscriptions on the stone which have not been read by SIJ (700.1 and 700.2).
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
- Site
- Tall al-ʿAbd, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0017402
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