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NSR 53.2

Text Information

Siglum
NSR 53.2
Transliteration
----gs²m bn ḥ----w----ḥ----mt [w] s²ty ʿl- mnʿt w ts²wq ʾl- ʾḫ----t qbll w s¹lm
Translation
----gs²m bn ḥ----w----ḥ----mt {and} he spent the winter ʿl mnʿt and he longed for ʾḫ----t [show] benevolence and [grant] security

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NSR: l ʾ---- bn gs²m bn ḥrm ---- w s²ty ʿn mnʿt w ts²wq ʾl ʿḫh f lt s¹lm w qbll; w s²ty ʿn mnʿt "wa-©atæ [f¡] ʿayn manæʿah". JaS: read as first part of 132.3: l ṣyt bn gs²m bn ḥrwz; and as second part of 132.2: w s²ty ʿl- mnft w ts²wq ʾl ʾḫh flt qbll w s¹lm; w s²ty ʿl mnft "and he has spent the winter at mnft" H unp.: l ʾ--- g{s²}m bn {ḥ}{r}{m} {w} s²ty ʿl mnʿt w ts²wq ʾl ʾḫ[h] [fhl]t qbll w s¹lm.
Commentary
It is impossible to tell from the photograph whether NSR's or JaS's division of the texts is the correct one.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1970.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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010392
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