SIJ 897
Text Information
- Siglum
- SIJ 897
- Transliteration
- l grmʾl bn ġyrʾl bn mġny bn grmʾl w (ʾ)s²r{q} (b-) h- m(s¹)rt f h lt s¹lm
- Translation
- By Grmʾl son of Ġyrʾl son of Mġny son of Grmʾl and {he migrated to the inner desert} {with} the {military unit}, so O Lt [grant] security
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Macdonald 2009: I, 374: ms¹rt has a similar range of meanings to Syriac mašrīṯā “ camp ” and "troop army host ”. For the emendation of n to (b) before h-m(s¹)rt compare WH 1675 (w ʾs²rq b-h-ms¹rt) and WH 1855 (w ʾs²rq b-ms¹rt hnʾ).
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
- Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
- Site
- Tall al-ʿAbd, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Military, Transhumance
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0017634
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