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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIT 64

Text Information

Siglum
SIT 64
Transliteration
l ḥrṯt bn ḥrg
Translation
By Ḥrṯt son of Ḥrg

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIT: ḏrṯt for ḥrṯt.
Commentary
From the photograph the second letter is a ḥ inscribed at 90° with a short tail. The Department of Antiquities' catalogue of photographs gives the provenance of the inscription as Km. 920. There are at least another six inscriptions on the rock which have not been read by SIT.

Provenance
Tapline
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
SIT 64.1-6

  • Harding, G.L. Safaitic Inscriptions from Tapline in Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 17, 1972: 5-14 and 2 unnumbered plates.
Site
At km. 920 of the ARAMCO Tapline, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010618
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