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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 740.1

Siglum
SIJ 740.1
Transliteration
l s²mtʾl bn ʾẓwn....
Translation
By S²mtʾl son of ʾẓwn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JSafN p. 41 note 26: l s²mtʾl bn dhf.
Commentary
Jamme numbered this text SIJ 740bis despite identifying it erroneously with part of SIJ 630. It is difficult to see how he achieved his reading since the text is all but invisible on SIJ pl. VII and even on the photograph the letters are very unclear.

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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
#0017451
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