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WFSG 2.2

Text Information

Siglum
WFSG 2.2
Transliteration
l s²ryt bn frs¹ w qṣṣ
Translation
By S²ryt son of Frs¹ and he tracked

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WFSG 2.2: ġrlt for s²ryt; w qṣṣ "and he followed a trail". JSafN note 41: w qṣṣ "and he was a narrator".

Provenance
Found by Carl H. Rogers
Original Reading Credit
Oth.Publ.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
WSFG 1.1–2; 2.1

  • Jamme, A. Safaitic Notes (Commentary on JaS 44-176). [privately printed]. Washington, DC, 1970.
  • Worrell, W.H. Four Safaitic Graffiti. American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 58, 1941: 217-218, pl. 1.
Site
"About 100 miles [160 km] north-east of ... Amman and about 5 miles [8 km] off the road" (Worrell p. 217), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1933
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030049
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