JaS 71.4

Text Information

Siglum
JaS 71.4
Transliteration
----ġt bn ḫd {w} ts²wq ʾ[l-] ʾlt
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Translation
----ġt son of Ḫd {and} he longed {for} ʾlt
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Language and Script
Safaitic 1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

JaS: read this as the continuation of JaS 71.3. See JaS 71.3.

Commentary

JaS reads this and JaS 71.3 as one text. However the name s²tyġt as read by JaS in 71.3 is difficult to explain and since the ġ is written slightly above the y it seems more likely that the letters from the ġ onwards are part of a separate text in which the preceding letters have not been drawn on the copy. Alternatively, it could be a continuation of JaS 71.2 with letters missing from the copy. The ʾ of the preposition ʾl- has been written slightly above the q, and the l has been left out altogether. For other examples of ts²wq used with deities see C 88 (w ts²[w][q] l- bʿls¹my), HaNSB 123 (w ts²wq ʾl- s²ʿqm w ʾl- ds²r), BLM.968.T/2 (ts²wq l- ds²r w lt), BLM.969.T/3 (ts²wq ʾl- ds²r).

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Unidentifiable
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions
JaS 71.1-71.3
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Collection of I.A. al-Awshan
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010542
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 by Michael Macdonald

Cite this Site

Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'JaS 71.4,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 13 Sep, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/36332. Accessed: 29 Oct, 2026.
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