CEDS 117

Text Information

Siglum
CEDS 117
Transliteration
l ʾlht bn ʿbdt w myt ʾʿnz -h b- h- ẓrt
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Translation
By ʾlht son of ʿbdt and his goats died in this enclosure
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
myt ʾʿnz-h is odd syntax since one would have expected *mtt ʾʿnz, however, see Al-Jallad 2015: 141 who gives this one example of a non-human plural taking masculine singular agreement.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
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Direction of Script
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Associated Remains
Cairn

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Site
EDS 80-3, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0018746
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA