ThSaf 55

Text Information

Siglum
ThSaf 55
Transliteration
l hnʾ bn mʾl bn s²r ḏ- ʾl bll
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Translation
By Hnʾ son of Mʾl son of S²r of the lineage of Bll
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ThNSSMAS: as ThNSM.III ThNSM.III 5.2: "s²l" for "s²r"
Commentary
The last letter of the third name has a hook unlike the other l's in the text and should probably be read as a r.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
n's are dots; r hooked line; ḏ hooked tail
Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

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
#0018463
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OCIANA,. 'ThSaf 55.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/36431. Accessed: 14 Jul, 2025.