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QSZB 4

Siglum
QSZB 4
Transliteration
----{n}{d}m ʿl- bnʿt{m} w l- -h ṣr{t}
Translation
---- {he was devastated by grief} for {Bnʿtm} and the {structure} is his

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
QSZB 4: wlh ṣr{t} for w l- -h ṣr{t}; "{he} grieved and cried strongly" for "and the {structure) is his"
Commentary
It is not clear from the context whether the author means that the enclosure is Bnʿtm's or his own. On the construction w l- -h ṣr{t} see the commentary to QSZB 1.

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Original Translation Credit
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Associated Inscriptions
QSZB 1–3, 5–7

  • Al-Qudrah, Ḥ.M., Ṣadaqah [Sadaqah], I.S. & Al-Zuʿbī [Alzoubi], M.A. Bnʿtm rock inscriptions. An analytic study of new discovered Safaitic inscriptions from Deir al-Kahf in the northeast of Jordan. Acta Antiqua Hungarica 54, 2014: 55-72.
Site
Dayr al-Kahf, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0032589
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