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MSTJ 23

Text Information

Siglum
MSTJ 23
Transliteration
l ʿqrb bn s¹ʿdʾl bn ʾkmd bn ṣʿb bn mnʿ w ʿlf f h bʿls¹mn ġnyt w ṣwy ḏ- ʾl bkr
Translation
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

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”

Provenance
Mafraq area
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
k has a curved tail; ḏ has a curved tail
Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026056
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