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MA 10

Text Information

Siglum
MA 10
Transliteration
l bdl bn dlʿ bn {n}rn----
Translation
By Bdl son of Dlʿ son of {Nrn}----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MA drʿ for dlʿ; nr for {n}rn----
Commentary
Ed. pr. says that the rock is limestone but it looks more like basalt on the photograph. The second letter of the second name looks very like a l and is quite different from the the r of {n}rn. Cf. SIT 32 where the second letter of the name is a clear l and quite different from b and r in the same text. The first n of nrn is more of a large dot than a line and so the reading is not certain and the inscription clearly continues after the r of the name with a clear n.

Provenance
H4/Ruwayshid
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Inscriptions
MA 7-8

  • Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.ʿA. & Al-Aǧlūnī [Al-Ajlouni], F. Safaitic Inscriptions From the Eastern Part of Mafraq Governorate / Jordan. Adumatu 8, 2003: 33-49.
Site
Al-Ruwayšid (formerly H4), Wādī Salmā or Al-Ašāqif al-ǧanūbī (MA p. 33), Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0017846
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