Damascus Museum 17751.1

Siglum: Damascus Museum 17751.1
Alternative Sigla: AKSD 4.1
Transliteration: ----{k}m bn ʾs¹l{m} bn ʿbdml{k} bn s²ʿ w s²t---- {ʿ / g}----{m}----[t][s²]wq ʾl- grr w ds²r {q}bll w s¹lm ḏ- ʾl ntg
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Translation: By ʾs¹lm son of ʿbdmlk ----{k}m son of {ʾs¹lm} son of {ʿbdmlk} son of S²ʿ w s²t---- {ʿ/g}----{m}---- {he yearned} for Grr and Ds²r [grant] a reunion of loved ones and security of the lineage of Ntg
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: AKSD: in the translation he restores "By S²hm" at the beginning; w s²t[y] h---s²rm w qʾl ʿrb w ds²r for s²t---- {ʿ/g}----{m}----[t][s²]wq ʾl- gr{b} w ds²r; ntʿ for ntg.
Commentary: The stone is broken at the beginning. It is possible that the first letter which remains should be read as k, compare the "fork" of the k in ʿbdmlk. it is also possible that y should be restored after the s² t as in AKSD. It seems likely that [ts²]wq ʾl- grr "he longed for Grr" should be restored before the prayer. The first letter of the name is noticeably larger than the ʿ in ʿbdmlk and s²ʿ and is probably a g, as is the last letter of the lineage name, ntg, while the two letters which follow are identical and almost certainly r's (compare the r in ds²r which is identical, as against the b's of the bn's which are much more open).

[AKSD] Abū ʿAssāf, ʿA. Kitābāt ʿarabiyyah ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah fī al-matḥaf al-waṭanī bi-dimašq. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 23, 1973: 201-212, pls 1-4 [Arabic section].

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 by OCIANA