JaS 59.2

Text Information

Siglum
JaS 59.2
Transliteration
l s²ty {s²}qwġ{ṭ}w bnt ʿqd w tmlkh
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Translation
By S²ty {s²}qwġ{ṭ}w daughter of ʿqd and tmlkh
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
JaS: l s²ty fqw ġṭw bn tʿqd w tmlkh "By s²ty. He has followed the track of ġtw son of Tʿqd and has seized him".
Commentary
If nineth letter is a ṭ then it has only two vertical strokes and a horizontal one. The following letters could be divided in different ways apart from that suggested above. It could read bn tʿqd "son of Tʿqd" or bnt ʿqd "daughter of ʿqd".

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Unidentifiable
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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-ʿAbdu l-ʿAzīz al-ʿAwšan
Old OCIANA ID
#0010064
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