SIAM 34

Text Information

Siglum
SIAM 34
Transliteration
l nẓr bn ʿzz ḏ- ʾl lkm w dṯ{ʾ} b- {b}qr w hrn w gls¹ mn- ʾnft ṯl gmm
OCIANA
Translation
By Nẓr son of ʿzz of the lineage of Lkm and he spent the season of the later rains with some cattle and two flocks of sheep and he halted because of an area of abundant ṯīl
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

The stone with this inscription and SIAM 35 is in the Deutsches Evangelisches Institut für Altertumswissenschaft Amman.

Editio Princeps
Macdonald 1979
Field Collector
Acquired by the German Institute at Amman

Technique
Rocking-blade & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [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
German Institute at Amman
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Lineage, Plants, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0026092
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Updated 26 Mar, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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Macdonald, Michael. 'SIAM 34.' OCIANA. 26 Mar, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/39939. Accessed: 10 Jun, 2025.