AbSWS 81

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Siglum
AbSWS 81
Transliteration
l ṣʿb bn ʿḏ bn tm w bny l- bny -h [h-] s¹tr
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Translation
By Ṣʿb son of ʿḏ son of Tm and he built for his sons [the] shelter
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AbSWS 81: By Ṣʿb son of ʿḏ son of Tm and he built for Bny the shelter
Commentary
Al-Mafraq Museum 32 is another inscription by the same author, with two more generations in the genealogy, saying the same thing. The translation in AbSWS 81 is equally possible, but we have preferred to assume the very common assimilation of the h- definite article to the -h suffix on bny-h. Note that the the drawing here is of a Bactrian camel while the drawing beside Al-Mafraq Museum 32 is of two dromedaries.

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Technique
Incised & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Drawings
A Bactrian camel and an ostrich (?)
Associated Remains
Cairn 3
Associated Inscriptions

  • [AbSWS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0030534
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA