JaS 179

Siglum: JaS 179
Transliteration: l {s²}ddt bn ʿbdt w wgm ʿl- ḫl -h w ʿl- klm w wgm ʿl- ʿtm w ʿl- mm{k}l w ʿl- ḫ----
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Translation: By {s²ddt} son of ʿbdt and he grieved for his maternal uncle and for Klm and he grieved for ʿtm and for {Mmkl} and for Ḫ----
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JaS: ġddt for {s²}ddt; mmkl for mm{k}l; ḫly for ḫ----.
Commentary: The stone is broken into two pieces. It is perhaps most likely that the second letter should be read as s² see the other examples of this form of the letter in this collection. The k in the second name after the second occurrence of wgm is a different shape to the other k in the text and is facing in the opposite direction to the rest of the letters. Only a line remains of the penultimate letter and a circle with a slight line of the last letter. The latter might be a ṯ ṣ or y.

Site: Al-Bardawīl, approximately 25 km north-east of Turayf, Northern Borders Province, Jordan

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA