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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

ThSaf 51.3

Text Information

Siglum
ThSaf 51.3
Transliteration
[----] bn qrb bn ʾ----
Translation
---- son of Qrb son of ʾ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
THNSSMAS comm. 51: l ʿqrb bn ʾ---- ThNSM.III comm. 3.1: lʿqrb b{n} ʾ----
Commentary
The first letter is a short slightly curved line and it seems most likely it should be read as a b. The following letter is a dot which in this script should be read as a n. The beginning of the inscription might be on another face or have broken off.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Direct hammered

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
#0018458
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