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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

NTSB 1

Text Information

Siglum
NTSB 1
Transliteration
l nʿmt w ts²wqt ʾl- ʿbdʾktb f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w qbll
Translation
By Nʿmt and she yearned for ʿbdʾktb so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and [show] benevolence

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Naveh: "the end w qr "and coolness" or possibly qr ll "rempart de la nuit ?" or qbll; Voigt 1981: 180 n. 15: qbll at the end.
Commentary
The text is inscribed on a stone bowl.

Provenance
Provenance unknown
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
n is a dot; s² 3 curves and zig-zag
Technique
Incised

  • Voigt, R.M. Einige altnordarabische Inschriften. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 97, 1981: 178-187, pl. 13-14.
  • Naveh, J. Ancient North-Arabian Inscriptions on Three Stone Bowls. Eretz Israel 14, 1978: 179-182, pls ד–ו figs 1-3 [Hebrew section].
Site
Jordan
Current Location
A private collection in Jerusalem
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Yearning
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010660
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