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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MSTJ 1

Text Information

Siglum
MSTJ 1
Transliteration
l qdmʿ bn << >>s¹ḫr bn qdm bn ---- [w] [w][g]m ʿl- dd -h ʿl- mfny
Translation
By Qdmʿ son of S¹ḫr son of Qdm son of ---- and he grieved for his paternal uncle for Mfny

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MSTJ 1: ns¹ḫr for s¹ḫr
Commentary
It seems that the line read as a n in the edition as mentioned there is probably dittography of the preceding n. The rock is broken into two pieces after the third bn and the letters continue on the second piece at the third m.

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. & Harding, G.L. More Safaitic Texts from Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 21, 1976: 119-133.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (13213)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026034
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