NSR 9

Siglum: NSR 9
Transliteration: l nhm bn nmr bn s¹{n}m w bny ʿl- gḥl {f} {ʾ}rgm
Translation: By Nhm son of Nmr son of S¹{n}m and he built for Gḥl and so he built a cairn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: NSR: ʾkm for s¹{n}m and gḥs² h rgm for g + ḥ + l {f} {ʾ}rgm. JaS 51: s¹nnm for s¹{n}m; gns²ʾ bn glm for g+ ḥ + l {f} {ʾ}rgm.
Commentary: The g's in this text are circles with an additional curve attached so that they look like unfinished w's. The additional curve in the second g might have been added in order to join the letter to the following m. The additional curve in the first g however does not attach the letter to another one. The ḥ of the name after ʿl is written above the the line of the text and was presumably added later by the inscriber of the text. Below it is a horizontal line which might have been the start of his initial attempt to add the letter which he abandonned because he thought there was not room to complete it.

Abdallah, Y.M. Al-nuqūsh al-ṣafawiyya fī maǧmūʿat ǧāmiʿat al-riyāḍ ʿām 1966. M.A.Thesis, American University of Beirut, 1970. [Unpublished]. 1970.