Damascus Museum 3083

Text Information

Siglum
Damascus Museum 3083
Alternative Sigla
RyDamas 6822
Transliteration
l ʿbṯ bn ʿqrb ḏ- ʾl ʾdm w wgm ʿl- ʿm trḥ mḥll
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Translation
By ʿbṯ son of ʿqrb of the lineage of ʾdm and he grieved while camping for ʿm who had perished
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
RyDamas: w wgm ʿl- ʿmt rḥ mḥll "and he placed a sign for ʿmt, he has gone away from the camp" or w wgm ʿl- ʿm trḥ mḥll "and he placed a sign for ʿm. Distress! Liberation!"
Commentary
For the interpretation of mḥll see Al-Jallad 2015: 178.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled & incised
Direction of Script
Straight line

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [BM ME Saf] Ryckmans, G. Inscriptions ṣafaïtiques au British Museum et au Musée de Damas. Le Muséon 64, 1951: 83-91, pls 1-3.
Site
Ġazlaniyyah, Syria
Current Location
Damascus Museum (3083)
Subjects
Camping, Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0026155
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA