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BRenv.J 5

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.J 5
Transliteration
l ʾws¹ bn ṣrmt bn ʿbd bn ṣʿd bn ʿ{b}d bn ʿḏ bn s²rk{t}
Translation
By ʾws¹ son of Ṣrmt son of ʿbd son of {ʿbd} son of ʿḏ son of {S²rkt}

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv.J 1. This text is between 4 and 6, running left-to-right and then curving up to near the top of the face and then back on itself. It is in quite large letters. The final t has become joined to the k and is squashed by the t of

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. 5
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036218
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