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AAEK 139

Text Information

Siglum
AAEK 139
Transliteration
l hnʾt bn ʿḏr bn bnʿtm bn ʿḏr w w[g]m ʿl- bnʿ[[]]tm ʾḫ -h mqtl f h lt w ds²r ṯʾr m- ʾġfr
Translation
By Hnʾt son of ʿḏr son of Bnʿtm son of ʿḏr and {he grieved} for {Bnʿtm} his brother who was killed and so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] vengeance upon ʾġfr

Interpretation

Commentary
It seems that the author originally carved the second name as ʿmr and then hammered over the m and replaced it with a ḏ (compare the fourth name). In the second bnʿtm the author carved the ʿ twice

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  • Al-Manāsīr [Al-Manaser], A.Y.Kh. Ein Korpus neuer safaitischer Inschriften aus Jordanien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 10). Aachen: Shaker, 2008.
Site
Jordan
Date Found
2004
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033375
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