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
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- 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
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
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
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Unidentifiable
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- [CEDS] Safaitic inscriptions recorded by V.A. Clark on the Eastern Desert Survey and published here
- [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.
- [JMAA VIII] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VIII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1979.
- Site
- At Km. 959 of the ARAMCO Tapline, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- Unknown
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010592
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'SIT 39.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/6730. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.