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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

NBR 2

Text Information

Siglum
NBR 2
Transliteration
l brd bn wtr bn ʾʿdg bn ḫl bn ḍhdt bn kṯbt bn ḥmyn bn ġḍḍt w ḥḍr h- dr [[]] s¹nt myt qṣr w ḫrṣ h- s²ḥṣ f h gdḍf w s²ʿhqm ġnyt mn- s²ḥṣ w nqʾt b- ṣdq ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Brd son of Wtr son of ʾʿdg son of Ḫl son of Ḍhdt son of Kṯbt son of Ḥmyn son of Ġḍḍt and he stayed in this place near a permanent source of water the year Qṣr {Caesar} died and he kept watch some camels were without milk. So, O Gdḍf and S²ʿhqm [grant] abundance from scarcity and [inflict] blindness and ejection from grave by a loved one on whoever scratches out the inscription

Interpretation

Commentary
On one face of a large square stone. The author originally wrote a w after h- dr, but then scratched it over and continued with the date. Ar. bi-ṣadq or ṣidqan =“truly”
Site
Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0035850
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