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Stamp seal Musée de l'École Biblique, Jerusalem

Siglum
Stamp seal Musée de l'École Biblique, Jerusalem
Alternative Sigla
Bron 1977: 238; Sass 1991: 65–66
Transliteration
s¹lmn b ḥfn
Translation
S¹lmn son of Ḥfn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 2. Bron: bḥḍn rather than bḥfn. DISCUSSION Sass (1991: 66) commented: "The layout of the inscription is similar to that of Northwest Semitic, mainly Hebrew, seals of the seventh-fourth centuries".
Commentary
Modern impression of a stamp seal, dimensions not reported.

Original Reading Credit
Sass 1991: 65-66
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
In relief

  • Bron, F. Nouvelles inscriptions proto-arabes. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 37 [N.S. 27], 1977: 237-240.
  • Sass, B. Studia Alphabetica. On the Origin and Early History of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek Alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag / Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1991.
Site
Unknown, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Taymanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0038302
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