ZeGA 18

Text Information

Siglum
ZeGA 18
Transliteration
l mnʿm bn qym bn mnʿm ḏ- ʾl ḥbq w ḫrṣ h- s¹nt f h bʿls¹mn ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
OCIANA
Translation
By Mnʿm son of Qym son of Mnʿm of the lineage of Ḥbq and he kept watch this year and so O Bʿls¹mn blind whoever scratches out the writing
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ZeGA: w ḫrṣ h- s¹nt "and he was looking out for the (new) year

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [ZeGA] Zeinaddin, H. Safaitische Inschriften aus dem Ǧabal al-ʿArab. Damaszener Mitteilungen 12, 2000: 265-289, pls 58-69.
Site
In the valley of the villages of Ṭarbā and al-Kusayb, approximately 2 km east of Ṭarbā and approximately 1 km north of al-Kusayb, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1997
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Lineage, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0018615
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024