ZMMS 9

Siglum: ZMMS 9
Transliteration: l ʾs¹ bn ṣbġt bn hnʾt bn ġṯ bn ks¹ṭ bn wʾlt bn ʿmr bn mlk w bʾs¹t s¹nt ʿl- -h f h bʿls¹mn w h ds²r w h lt rwḥ l- ḏ s¹ʾr w h- frs¹ w nqʾt w bʾs¹ l- mn yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation: By ʾs¹ son of Ṣbġt son of Hnʾt son of Ġṯ son of Ks¹ṭ son of Wʾlt son of ʿmr son of Mlk and misfortunes of an intense drought were upon him and so O Bʿls¹mn and O Ds²r and O Lt grant relief to whoever survives and [by him is the drawing of] the horse and [inflict] ejection from the grave and misery on whoever may scratch out the inscription.
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: bʾs¹t is the plural of bʾs¹ "misfortune" (Al-Jallad & Jaworska 2019) and s¹nt as well as meaning "year" can also mean "drought, barrenness or intense drought" (Lane 1449). The claim to the drawing is rather oddly placed between the prayer for relief and the curse and suggests that the author was so affected by his misery that he had forgotten to mention it earlier.

Associated Signs: 7 lines above s¹nt have been scratched over
Associated Drawings: A horseman wielding a short spear. The horse has a feather on its head and the body is filled in with crosss-hatching.

[SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
[ZMMS] Previously unpublished inscriptions recorded by Al-Zuʿbī, M. & Al-Maʿānī, S.A. on their Marabb al-Šurafāʾ and Wādī Suwayʿid survey in north-eastern Jordan in 2015
[Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.

Date Found: 2015
Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Genealogy, Weather, Isolated Prayer, Deity, Drawing of a domestic animal, Curse
Old OCIANA ID: #0057296

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

OCIANA, 'ZMMS 9,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/13614. Accessed: 22 Oct, 2026.