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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

Al-Mafraq Museum 24

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Mafraq Museum 24
Transliteration
l ʿbdt bn ʿqrb bn lbʾn ḏ- ʾl {ḥ}ly w ḥgg s¹nt myt mnʿt bn rḍwt w ḫrṣ ʿl- ʾhl -h f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w qbll

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
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Commentary
By ʿbdt son of ʿqrb son of Lbʾn of the lineage of {Ḥly} and he went on the pilgrimage the year Mnʿt son of Rḍwt died and he was looking out for his family and so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and a reunion with loved ones

Original Reading Credit
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Name Distinguished
Horizontal line right to left
Special Features
Semi-square
Technique
The middle line of the {ḥ} in the lineage name is not joined to the frame and the letter looks more like bn. However, bnly seems an unlikely name. For ʾl ḥly see Al-Mafraq Museum 24,

Associated Signs
24
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0034961
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