Is.B 9
Text Information
- Siglum
- Is.B 9
- Transliteration
-
l {g}n bn mʿll bn ḥmyn h- bʿrt
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- Translation
-
By Gn son of Mʿll son of Ḥmyn is the [drawing of the] she-camel
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- On a stone taken from al-ʿĪsāwī to the Suweidah Museum. Bʿrt: Note that in Arabic baʿīr applies to both male and female camels and there is no feminine form (Lane 226c–227a). The word is very rare in Safaitic with only one instance each of bʿr (RWQ 309) and bʿrt (here).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Associated Drawings
- SESP95 RD 60: a she-camel
- [Is.B] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995, at al-ʿĪsāwī, on the south-western slopes of the promontory north of the well, and published here.
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- Site
- Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1995
- Current Location
- Suweidah Museum (Unknown)
- Subjects
- Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0036345
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16 Sep, 2024
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