SIJ 789
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 789
- Transliteration
- l mr{h}n bn ʿl{b} w gls¹ b- ḫl qṣṣ bʿ---- ʿm{r}{t}
- Translation
- By Mrhn son of ʿlb and he stopped at this empty area and he followed the traces .... of the lineage of ʿmrt
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 789: only qṣṣ read. JSafN p. 48 note 41: l mrhn bn ʿql w gls¹ bḫl qṣṣ.
- Commentary
- The surface of the stone has been covered with later scorings and hammerings which have obscured parts of this text which is elegantly written in the semi- square script. B and r are carefully distinguished the former having a square form and the latter being rounded. The circles of the letters ʿ w g q ṣ are carefully drawn an this suggests that the fourth letter is probably a h rather than a y despite the fact that the prongs of the fork appear to be joined. Similarly the second letter of the patronym cannot be q as read by Jamme (cf. the large circle of the q of qṣṣ). Only one letter is obscured after bʿ and while in the context it is probably a d it is impossible to be sure. There are numerous lightly scratched letters on the same face but no coherent reading can be made from the photograph.
- 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
- #0017510
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