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Al-Mafraq Museum 32

Text Information

Siglum
Al-Mafraq Museum 32
Transliteration
l ṣʿb bn ʿḏ bn tm bn ʿḏ bn grmʾl w bny l- bny -h [h-] s¹tr
Translation
By Ṣʿb son of ʿḏ son of Tm son of ʿḏ son of Grmʾl and he built for his sons [the] shelter

Interpretation

Commentary
AbSWS 81 is another inscription by the same author, but with two fewer generations in the genealogy, saying the same thing. The translation here assumes the very common assimilation of the h- definite article to the -h suffix on bny-h. Note that the drawing here is of two dromedaries while the drawing beside AbSWS 81 is of a Bactrian camel.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0035005
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