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BRenv.J 4

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.J 4
Transliteration
l ʾʿtl bn ʿbd bn ḥddn bn mlk w wgm ʿl- [[]] ṣrmt
Translation
By ʾʿtl son of ʿbd son of Ḥddn son of Mlk and he grieved for Ṣrmt

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv.J 1. This text is in small letters immediately above 2 and to the right of 3. It seems that 3 was already there when the author of 4 wrote his text, since the line of the text shifts upwards at the second name in order to avoid

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. 4
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036217
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