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BRenv.J 6

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.J 6
Transliteration
l mnġy bn ḥny bn s¹ʿd bn ʿbd h- ʿḏ
Translation
By Mnġy son of Ḥny son of S¹ʿd son of ʿbd h- ʿḏ

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv.J 1. This text starts left-to-right immediately above 5 and curls back on itself. In lightly scratched letters. The first name is written mnġy but this is probably accidental metathesis for mġny. The third name and the preceedi

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. 6
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036219
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