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SIT 14

Text Information

Siglum
SIT 14
Transliteration
l ʿzz bn grm ḏ- ʾl kkbn
Translation
By ʿzz son of Grm of the lineage of Kkbn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIT: the n at the end is uncertain. JMAA XIII p.197: the n at the end is certain and the sign of a circle with a cross in it is a wasm.
Commentary
SIT points out that the k's resemble Thamudic ġ's which is mistakenly printed as g in the publication. SIT would have been referring to Thamudic E, i.e. Hismaic. There is definitely a short stroke at the end after the b although it is inscribed in a slightly different technique. The circle with a cross in the middle might be a wasm as suggested by JMAA XIII but this is by no means certain.

Provenance
Tapline
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Between Km. 967 and 961 of the ARAMCO Tapline, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
Unknown
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010567
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