ThSaf 19

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: ThNSSMAS 19: "ʿbd{w}d" for "ʿbdwd" ThNSMS 3: l ʿbdwd bn ḫlf bn s¹fr bn zdt
Commentary: The reading of the first name is clear. The first letter of the third name is written on a curve in the direction of the text and it is rather ambiguous as to whether it should be read as a z or a s¹. The next letter is a f and the following letter is almost certainly a b judging by the other b's in the text and the shape of the r in ThSaf 18. Both zfb and sfb would be difficult to explain as names and it seems possible that the b is dittography which the author did not erase when he decided it would be better to write the b with the following n slightly above the end of ThSaf 18.

[ThSaf] Al-Ḏīyīb [Al-Theeb], S.A. Nuqūš ṣafawīyah min šamālī ʾl-mamlakat al-ʿarabīyat al-saʿūdīyah. Al-Jawf: Muʾasasah ʿAbd al-raḥmān al-Sudairī al-ḫairīyah, 2003.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA