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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Madaba Museum Saf 1

Text Information

Siglum
Madaba Museum Saf 1
Transliteration
l s¹ḫr bn tm ḏ- ʾl ḍf ngy {h}b{ʿ}b{m}{ʿ}r
Translation
By S¹ḫr son of Tm of the lineage of Ḍf he escaped {h}b{ʿ}b{m}{ʿ}r

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is on a small piece of basalt which is chipped at one end. The other faces are not inscribed. Note that the "normal" Safaitic form of ḏ and ḍ are used in this text in contrast to Madaba Museum Saf 2 where ḏ is hooked and ḍ takes the form of two concentric circles, as in Hismaic. We can find no interpretation for the letters following ḍf.
Site
Unknown, Jordan
Current Location
Madaba Museum (Unknown)
Subjects
Genealogy, Lineage
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0052118
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