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SIJ 705

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 705
Transliteration
l rbt bn s¹d bn s²zr bn rbn bn s²rk bn ḥmy bn ḏff bn ġyr w dṯʾ s¹nt ḥrb h- mlk yẓr ----t l- h- nmr{t}
Translation
By Rbt son of S¹d son of S²zr son of Rbn son of S²rk son of Ḥmy son of Ḏff son of Ġyr and he spent the season of the later rains the year the king warred against Yẓr ---- to Al-Namārah

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 705: ----t for l rbt; yḏ(k)r for yẓr.
Commentary
The copy published in SIJ is very incomplete. The first four letters are clear on the photograph as is yẓr. The text then continues along the edge of the face but unfortunately the letters are too faint on the photograph to be readable until the last seven. Five of the latter are shown on the facsimile in SIJ and MRSIJ noted that they had been omitted from Winnett's readings while JSM p. 509 n. 3 took them as part of SIJ 706.

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Original Translation Credit
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  • 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
#0017409
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