SIAM 13

Text Information

Siglum
SIAM 13
Transliteration
l gyn bn bn{ʿ}tm <<>> w l--h rgm ḏ- ʾl tm
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Translation
By Gyn son of {Bnʿtm} and the cairn is for him of the lineage of Tm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIAM 13: bnjtm for bnʿtm MNH p. 383 n. 481: on grave-markers; l N bn/bnt N w l--h rgm - For N son/daughter of N and for him/her is a cairn.
Commentary
As the edition points out there is a second m below that of the second name which seems likely that the author abandoned because he decided to change the direction of the text.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [SIAM] Macdonald, M.C.A. Safaitic Inscriptions in the Amman Museum and Other Collections I. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 23, 1979: 101-119, pls. 35-44.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (13945)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026070
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