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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 781

Siglum
SIJ 781
Transliteration
l s¹ly bn mʿz w nẓ[r]----
Translation
By S¹ly son of Mʿz and he was on the look-out

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 781: s¹ny for s¹ly.
Commentary
Given the relative lengths of the third and fifth letters Winnett's reading s¹ny is impossible.

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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
#0017500
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