ThSaf 28

Siglum
ThSaf 28
Transliteration
l mrṣ{ʿ} bn {ġ}r{b} b----
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Translation
By Mrṣʿ son of {Ġrb} b----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ThNSSMAS: l m{r}ṣ{ʿ} bn s²r{y} {b}[n]---- ThNSM.I 8: l mrṣʿ bn s²rẓẓ
Commentary
It is rather unclear whether the fifth letter is a complete circle and the eigth letter is a short slightly wavy line. The letter read as the second b could be closed. The rock is broken after the final b.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
n's are dots
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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.
Site
Saudi Arabia
Current Location
King Saud University Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0018431
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