MSTJ 23
Text Information
- Siglum
- MSTJ 23
- Transliteration
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l ʿqrb bn s¹ʿdʾl bn ʾkmd bn ṣʿb bn mnʿ w ʿlf f h bʿls¹mn ġnyt w ṣwy ḏ- ʾl bkr
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- Translation
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By ʿqrb son of S¹ʿdʾl son of ʾkmd son of Ṣʿb son of Mnʿ and he sought fodder and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] abundance and he built a cairn he of the lineage of Bkr
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- MSTJ 23: Trans. And he became weak. So O Bʿls¹mn (grant) riches and strength. Of the tribe of Bkr
- Commentary
- cf. Lane taʿallafa “he sought fodder repeatedly...in places in which it was known to be”
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- Special Letter Forms
- k has a curved tail; ḏ has a curved tail
- Technique
- Chiselled
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Signs
- 7 lines
- Associated Inscriptions
- [MSTJ] 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
- Irbid Museum (1812)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026056
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16 Sep, 2024
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