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ThSaf 42

Text Information

Siglum
ThSaf 42
Transliteration
l ḫ{r}ṣ bn ns²r bn ẓʿn w bny ʿl- ʿzt w rġmt mny
Translation
By {Ḫrṣ} son of Ns²r son of Ẓʿn and he built for ʿzt and she was struck down by Fate

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ThNSSMAS: "ḫrṣ" for "ḫ{r}ṣ"; "nzr" for "ns²r". ThNSM.I 11: "ḫrṣ" for "ḫ{r}ṣ"; "zy" for "ns²r". ThNSM.II 7.1: as ThNSSMAS.
Commentary
The third letter might be a b as although it is smaller than the other b's in the text it is a different shape to the other letters read as r. It is possible that ʿzt should be translated as a substantive.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Special Letter Forms
n's are dots; s² Z shaped; 1 r hooked line others curved.
Technique
Chiselled

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0018447
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