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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

SIT 39

Text Information

Siglum
SIT 39
Alternative Sigla
CEDS 609
Transliteration
l ʾlht bn ʾs¹hʾlh bn ql w rʿy nwy w wḥd f h rḍw s¹lm
Translation
By ʾlht son of ʾs¹hʾlh son of Ql and he pastured whilst migrating with the tribe and he was alone and so O Rḍw may he be secure

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIT:dl for ql; bny for rʿy; ( ) ʿl- wgm for nwy w wḥd JMAA VIII p. 6: w bny ngy wgm "And he has built [while] rescuing Wgm".
Commentary
The photograph of CEDS shows the correct reading

Provenance
Tapline
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Unidentifiable

  • 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.
  • Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VIII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1979.
  • Safaitic inscriptions recorded by V.A. Clark on the Eastern Desert Survey and published here
Site
At Km. 959 of the ARAMCO Tapline, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010592
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