NSR 40

Text Information

Siglum
NSR 40
Transliteration
[l] ngʾt bn mḥ{ʾ} bn mṣrn bn ʿgr w wgm ʿl- gfft w ʿl- mʿz
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Translation
{By} Ngʾt son of {Mḥʾ} son of Mṣrn son of ʿgr and he grieved for Gfft and for Mʿz
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NSR: l ngʾt bn mḥʾ for [l] ngʾt bn mḥ{ʾ}. JaS 123: nght for ngʾt and mḥl for mḥʾ.
Commentary
There is an incised line near the beginning of the text but it is deeper than the following letters and is probably not the original l. The first letter of the first name is just visible under the abrasions. The ʾ of the second name has a rather shallow fork and is slightly damaged.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled & incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Miscellaneous scratches

  • [NSR] Abdallah, Y.M. Al-nuqūsh al-ṣafawiyya fī maǧmūʿat ǧāmiʿat al-riyāḍ ʿām 1966. M.A.Thesis, American University of Beirut, 1970. [Unpublished]. 1970.
Site
Al-Šāzī, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1966
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010376
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