SIT 64

Text Information

Siglum
SIT 64
Transliteration
l ḥrṯt bn ḥrg
OCIANA
Translation
By Ḥrṯt son of Ḥrg
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

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.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
SIT 64.1-6

  • [SIT] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0010618
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA,. 'SIT 64.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/6699. Accessed: 29 Sep, 2025.