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MSSH 1

Text Information

Siglum
MSSH 1
Transliteration
l ʾḫ bn mṣrm bn nzl w qnṭ h- s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm w ḫrṣ ʾhl -h m- ʾl rm f h gdḍf wqyt m bʾs¹
Translation
By ʾḫ son of Mṣrm son of Nzl and he was afraid of the enemy and so O Lt [grant] security and he was on the look-out for his family from the Romans [or: of the lineage of Rm] and so O Gdḍf [grant] protection from misfortune

Interpretation

Provenance
Wādī Salmā
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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  • Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.ʿA. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min wādī salmà / al-urdun. Maǧallat al-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyyah wa-ʾl-insāniyyah 4:2, 1999: 29-48.
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0032303
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