MPNab 5

id: 612

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mqb[rʾ] {dn}h b{n}[h] [ʿbdmnkw] [br] {ʾ}kys br
šly [br] {ʿ}t{y}h[w] [----] [l-] [npš][h] {w} [ʾ]{ḥ}rh w ʾḥr
hm lʿ[l]m ʿl{m}[yn] [šnt] [----] l{m}nkw bḥy{why}
Word list - MPNab 5
  • [ʾ]{ḥ}r – Subst. sg. suffixed 2
  • {ʾ}kys – Man’s personal name 1
  • b- – Preposition 1
  • b{n}[h] – Suffix conjugation pʿl (G-stem or D-stem) 1
  • {dn}h – Demonstrative pronoun masc. sg. 1
  • -h – Enclitic personal pronoun sg. 2
  • -hm – Enclitic personal pronoun pl. 1
  • w – Conjunction 2
  • -{why} – Enclitic personal pronoun sg. 1
  • ḥy – Subst. pl. construct 1
  • l- – Preposition 3
  • {m}nkw – Nabataean king’s name 1
  • mqb[rʾ] – Subst. sg. emphatic 1
  • [npš] – Subst. sg. suffixed 1
  • [ʿbdmnkw] – Man’s personal name 1
  • ʿ[l]m – Subst. sg. construct 1
  • ʿl{m}[yn] – Subst. pl. absolute 1
  • {ʿ}t{y}h[w] – Man’s personal name 1
  • šly – Man’s personal name 1
  • [šnt] – Subst. sg. construct 1
م ق ب [ر ا] {د ن} ه ب {ن} [ه] [ع ب د م ن ك و] [ب ر] {ا} ك ي س ب ر
ش ل ي [ب ر] {ع} ت {ي} ه [و] [----] [ل] [ن ف ش] [ه] {و} [ا] {ح} ر ه و ا ح ر
ه م ل ع [ل] م ع ل {م} [ي ن] [ش ن ت] [----] ل {م} ن ك و ب ح ي {و ه ي}
[ʿbdmnkw] son of {ʾ}kys son of Šly [son of] {ʿ}t{y}h[w] ... b{uilt} [thi]s [t]omb [for himself] {and for his descendants} and their descendants for e{v}er and e{ver}. [The year] … of {M}nkw during {his} lifetime.

All the editions are the following: BIRP mentioned p. 286 ; CGIRP p. 286 ; CIS II, mentioned under no. 464 ; HNTI p. 243–244 ; HQGN N.060.05.03 p. 222–224 ; LPNAE p. 221, photo fig. 9 p. 222 ; MIBP p. 143-147, photo p. 143 (editio princeps) ; MQIN 1, photo fig. 9 ; ZRD p. 64-65 ; ZTGT p. 221, photo fig. 9 ; copied by Milik in 1960. Reexamined in 1974 directly and and on many photographs. Reexamined by L. Nehmé in 2002.
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See NAAEP (Nehmé 2012, Atlas de Pétra I), p. 164–165.
The Greek text has:
Α̣βδομ̣α̣[νχ]ο̣ς [Αχ]α̣ιου̣ [ἐπ]οίησ̣[ε]
[μ]ν̣ημό̣σ̣υ̣[νον ἑαυτῷ καὶ υἱ]οῖ[ς]
“Abdmankos son of Achaios made this tomb for himself and his sons.”
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3 editions or commentaries found

reference reading category translation category page photograph copy squeeze card status
HNTI
Healey 1993, Tomb Inscriptions 		Correct reading Correct translation 243–244 Checked
MIBP
Milik 1976, ADAJ 21 		Editio Princeps Editio Princeps 143–147 p. 1432 Checked
NAAEP(I)
Nehmé 2012, Atlas de Pétra I 		Correct reading Correct translation 164–165 p. 164 p. 164 Checked
last change: 04/02/2025 - 12:17:48 (Laïla Nehmé)
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