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SSWS 198

Text Information

Siglum
SSWS 198
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn frs¹ bn ḫbrt bn grf bn ḥg bn mʿnʾl bn mḥrb bn ṣmdn h- ds²r w ḫrṣ f h lt ġnmt w ʿwr w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of Frs¹ son of Ḫbrt son of Grf son of Ḥg son of Mʿnʾl son of Mḥrb son of Ṣmdn is the Ds²r (small place or this place) and he was on the look out and so O Lt [grant] booty and [inflict] blindness, and ejection from the grave on whoever would scratch out the inscription

Interpretation

Commentary
The copy in SSWS is incomplete and so it is impossible to check the intriguing (if correct) h-ds²r.

Provenance
Wādī Sārah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Associated Remains
Cairn 8

  • Al-Ṣuwayrikī [Al-Sweerky], M.ʿA. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min šamāl wādī sārah fī šamāl al-urdun. Unpublished MA thesis, Yarmouk University. 1999.
Site
Wādī Sārah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1998
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0031274
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