SIJ 857
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 857
- Transliteration
- l ġly bn m---- bn mrwġ bn s¹ʿd w nẓr
- Translation
- By Ġly son of M---- son of Mrwġ son of S¹ʿd and he was on the look-out
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- SIJ 857: ġny for ġly; ms¹(k){ʾ}(l) for m----; mrw(n) for mrwġ.
- Commentary
- The last letter of the third name is a clear ġ on the copy though it differs considerably in form from the second letter of the text.
- 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
- #0017591
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