Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 158705.2
Text Information
- Siglum
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 158705.2
- Transliteration
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l ddʾl bn ḥwrn w ṣyr ḫs¹f f h lt ḫlṣ
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- Translation
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By Ddʾl son of Ḥwrn and he returned to a place of permanent water hungry and so O Lt may he be safe
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- Stehle 1960: 20–22: w ṣyr ḫms²{t} f h lt ḫlṣt "He caused an injury (to someone). In the name of Lt may he be purified"
- Commentary
- For ḫs²f compare Classical Arabic ḫasf "the place whence the water of a well issues" (Lane 738c). For ḫlṣ compare Classical Arabic ḫāliṣah the maṣdar of ḫalaṣa "it was or became pure, free from admixture...." (Lane 785b)
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- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Inscriptions
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 158705.1
- [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
- 1 mile east of Al-Safāwī (formerly H5), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Current Location
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (158705)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026116
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16 Sep, 2024
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