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SIJ 827

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 827
Transliteration
l ẓʿn bn mlk bn qmṣt bn ʾd bn s¹hwt w ṣyr m- mdbr b- rʾy gml
Translation
By Ẓʿn son of Mlk son of Qmṣt son of ʾd son of S¹hwt and he returned to permanent water from the inner desert during the heliacal rising of Gemini.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 827: qmyt for qmṣt; nothing after mdbr.
Commentary
For b- rʾy gml see LP 435-436 [L67 68 70]. The name (whether a place-name or a description) would be appropriate to the meaning of ṣyr.

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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
#0017559
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