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NSR 55

Text Information

Siglum
NSR 55
Transliteration
l ʿzz bn ʿqrb ḏ- ʾl ʾty w ts²wq ʾl- ʾhl -h f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w qbll l- ḏ ʿnd w rʿy b- ṣ{b}ḥ f h lt brʾ mn- qfyt
Translation
By ʿzz son of ʿqrb of the lineage of ʾty and he longed for his family and O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and [show] benevolence to whoever ʿnd and he pastured b {ṣbḥ} and so O Lt brʾ mn qfyt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NSR: ṣrḥ for ṣ{b}ḥ; lḏ ʿnd wrʿy bṣrḥ fhlt brʾ mn qfyt "li-man ʿanada (li-ahlhu alaḏ¡na tarakºhu aw aḫadº ġayr ṭar¡qihi) wa-raʿæ bi-ṣaraḥ [min ahlihi] fa-ya-Lt barʾan min al-maraḍ (?). H unp.: Possibly ṣbḥ for ṣrḥ; fhlt brʾ mn qfyt "So O Lt (make him) safe from a snare".
Commentary
H is probably correct in reading ṣbḥ for ṣrḥ.

Original Reading Credit
H
Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
Lines tapering to a point

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1970.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
#0010395
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