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BRenv.J 7

Text Information

Siglum
BRenv.J 7
Transliteration
l gḏr bn ʿbd bn ṣrmt bn ḥny bn ʿbd w wgd ----
Translation
By Gḏr son of ʿbd son of Ṣrmt son of Ḥny son of ʿbd and he found ----

Interpretation

Commentary
See the commentary to BRenv.J 1. The text begins vertically (top-to-bottom) between the central sections of 5 and 6 and then curls back, crossing 6 at its third name and 5 at its last name and finally crossing the end of 6. After wgd there is a sign which

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. 7
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036220
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