SIJ 837
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 837
- Transliteration
- (l) nġft bn ls²(m)s¹ w ḫrṣ ʾhl (-h) f h lt s¹lm
- Translation
- {By} Nġft son of {Ls²ms¹} and he was on the look-out for his family and so O Lt [grant] security
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 837: ʾhly “people” for ʾhl (-h). JSafN p. 56 note 57: ʾhly a N.Pr. or emend to ʾhl (-h) “his people”. CSA po. 16: ʾhl (-h) “his family”. JMAA XV p. 87: ʾhly a N.Pr. “no reason at all to correct ʾhly”.
- Commentary
- The distinction between the very common word ʾl and the very rare word ʾhl is unclear. It is possible that ʾhl refers to an individual's specific tent-group (cf ʾhl = “tent” in Hebrew) but check Musil.
- 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
- #0017571
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