Siglum: SIJ 88  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l ẓʿn bn kḥs¹mn bn ẓnn ḏ- ʾl ḍf w hdy s¹nt ngy qṣr h- mḏ f h lt s¹lm

Translation
By Ẓʿn son of Kḥs¹mn son of Ẓnn of the lineage of Ḍf and he was a commander the year Caesar ejected the Persians and so Lt may he be secure

Apparatus Criticus
MRSIJ p. 179: qṣr = castra ʿlegionʾ
CSNS p. 100, n. 86 (on p. 110): s¹nt ngy qṣr h- mḏ "the year the Roman army ejected the Parthians"
KnAM p.220 n. 7: h- mḏ = h-mḏy a nisbah; p. 224 n. 36: qṣr = castra; p. 224 n. 37: hdy ʿscoutʾ

Commentary
On the photograph there is no sign of a y after mḏ.

Subjects
Genealogy

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq Governorate
Site: Jathum
Site number: 0
Latitude: 32.573166
Longitude: 37.384750
Present Location: In situ
Field collector: Frederick Victor Winnett

References:
[CSNS] Clark, V.A. A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Melbourne. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979 [1983]. Pages: 100, n. 86 (on p. 110)

[KnAM] Knauf, E.A. Als die Meder nach Bosra Kamen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 134, 1984: 219-225. Pages: 220 n. 7; 224 n. 36; 224 n. 37

Milik, J.T. [Review of Winnett 1957 (SIJ)]. Syria 37, 1960: 178-181. Pages: 179

[SIJ] Winnett, F.V. Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. (Near and Middle East Series, 2). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.

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