MKJS 1

Siglum
MKJS 1
Transliteration
l ʾnʿm bn ʾys¹ bn ʿḏ bn ʾmr w s²ty ʿnzt nfr mn ʾ- rm
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Translation
By ʾnʿm son of ʾys¹ son of ʿḏ and he spent the winter at ʿAnāzh whilst fleeing from the Rm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Jabal ʿAnāzah is north of Al-Safāwī in north-east Jordan (32.37583333 N 37.07194444 E). On the other hand it is possible that ʿnzt is "a long flat-topped hill rising from a plain" (Groom 1983: 41).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
Site
Ǧabal Ṣaqʿ / Ṣaǧaʿ, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1981
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0024586
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