KhNSJ 5

Siglum
KhNSJ 5
Transliteration
l grm bn lṯ bn ṣrmt ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt w ṣyr qyẓ rʿy
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Translation
By Grm son of Lṯ son of Ṣrmt of the lineage of ʿmrt and he came to a place of permanent water while pasturing in the dry season
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhNSJ: ʿy for rʿy
Commentary
As in KhNSJ 2 a number of letters have been placed within each other again regardles of word-division (e.g. bnlṯ bnṣ). However at the end of the inscription the author has applied the same technique to whole words. The first letter after the w is both a q and a ṣ hence the circle is between the middle of the stem and its top and there is a short cross stroke the bottom of the shaft. Similarly the third letter after the w is both the final r ṣyr and the initial r of rʿy but is also the ẓ of qyẓ. Thus it has the short backward strokes of the ẓ and the incurving hooks of the r.

Editio Princeps
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Special Features
Lett enbox/word enbox
Special Letter Forms
q/ṣ and ẓ/r combinations (see commentary)
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [KhNSJ] Al-Khraysheh, F.H. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Syria 72, 1995: 401-414.
Site
Between Wādī Miqāṭ and Wādī al-Ġuṣayn c. 1 km north of the Baghdad road and c. 6 km west of the Miqāṭ police station, Jordan
Current Location
Mus. Jordan Heritage Yarmouk
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0014914
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA