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BRenv.J 8

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.J 8
Transliteration
l nhb bn ḫlṣ bn mlk w wgm ʿl- {l}bk {w} [ʿ]l- ṣrmt
Translation
By Nhb son of ēlṣ son of Mlk and grieved for {Lbk} {and} {for} Ṣrmt

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv.J 1. This text runs vertically down the right-hand edge of Face A and continues onto Face B where it eventually curls back on itself. The w and ʿ of w ʿl- are virtually invisible on the photographs.

Provenance
An outcrop and cairn 1.2 km east of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, on the Rushayda–Zalaf road, approximately 30 m south of the road, between the road and Wādī Shām.

  • Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 at an outcrop and cairn approximately 30 m south of the Rushaydah–Zalaf road, 1.2 km east of the water tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here. No. 8
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036215
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