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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIJ 840

Text Information

Siglum
SIJ 840
Transliteration
l brd bn ʾws¹ bn ḃnt ḏ- ʾl qmr w mṭy f h hlt s¹lm w ġnmt
Translation
By Brd son of ʾws¹ son of Ḃnt of the tribe of Qmr and he travelled quickly and so, O Hlt [grant] security and booty

Interpretation

Commentary
This is a clear example of the divine name hlt, rather than lt or ʾlt.

Provenance
Note that Winnett says that SIJ 840–841 (which he refers to by the copy numbers T 134–135) "came from a ridge which borders the road leaving the tell" (1957: 93). The stone carrying the inscriptions was rediscovered by the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2015 at the eastern foot of Tell al-ʿAbd.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Movement
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0017574
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