JaS 52

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Siglum
JaS 52
Transliteration
l bʿr bn rm bn ʿ{r}ṭ bn s²ml w ḫyṭ l- ʿqlt
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Translation
By Bʿr son of Rm son of {ʿrṭ} son of S²ml and he journeyed without stopping to a small depression where rain water gathers.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JaS: ʿrṭ for ʿ{r}ṭ.
Commentary
The second letter of the third name is an acute angle and could be an s¹ or possibly a b. For ʿqlt compare Arabic ʿaqūlah "a small depression where rainwater gathers" or ʿaqlah "an area where water is close to the surface" (both Groom 1983: 42).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & direct ham.
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

  • Groom, N. A Dictionary of Arabic Topography and Placenames. A Transliterated Arabic-English Dictionary with an Arabic Glossary of Topographical Words and Placenames. London: Longman / Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
  • [JaS] Jamme, A. Safaitic Inscriptions from the Country of ʿArʿar and Raʾs al-ʿAnānīyah. Pages 41-109, 611-637 in F. Altheim & R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1971.
Site
ʿArʿar, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
Collection of Ibrāhīm al-Ḥawwat
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010049
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