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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

NSR 12

Text Information

Siglum
NSR 12
Transliteration
l ʿrb bn ʿbd bn ʿrb bn mʿtm bn wʿl bn ʾs²g bn rhs² bn zhfy ḏ- ʾl fhr w mṭy
Translation
By ʿrb son of ʿbd son of ʿrb son of Mʿtm son of Wʿl son of ʾs²g son of Rhs² son of Zhfy of the lineage of Fhr and he journeyed quickly

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NSR: s²hr for fhr.
Commentary
It is more likely that the first letter of the lineal name should be read f rather than s² as the letter does not have as many indentations as the s² of ʾs²g.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
7 dots

  • Abdallah, Y.M. Al-nuqūsh al-ṣafawiyya fī maǧmūʿat ǧāmiʿat al-riyāḍ ʿām 1966. M.A.Thesis, American University of Beirut, 1970. [Unpublished]. 1970.
Site
ʿArʿar area, Saudi Arabia
Date Found
1966
Current Location
The house of Uthman al-Anqli
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010337
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