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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AbSWS 8

Text Information

Siglum
AbSWS 8
Alternative Sigla
Al-Mafraq Museum 50
Transliteration
l ġzzt bn mrʾ bn ẓnnʾl bn mrʾ bn s²by w ṣyr m- ʾ- ʿrḍ m- kbdt mt----
Translation
By Ġzzt son of Mrʾ son of Ẓnnʾl son of S²by and he returned to permanent water from the valley because of difficulties mt----

Interpretation

Commentary
The ʾ of ʾʿrḍ is most likely a definite article rather than an indefinite plural form.

Provenance
Wādī Salmā
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Remains
Cairn 1

  • ʿAbbādī [Abbadi], Ṣ. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah min wādī salmā (al-bādiyah al-urduniyah). Amman: Badia Research and Development Center, 2006.
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030461
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