Damascus Museum 17752

Siglum
Damascus Museum 17752
Alternative Sigla
AKSD 5
Transliteration
l ʿzz bn ʾs¹lm [ḏ-] ʾl rks¹ w n{d}m [ʿl-] ʾb -h w ʿl- [ʿ][w]ḏ ḫl {-h} w ʿl- s²ʿ w ḫrṣ w ṯqb yd -h w ds²r ʿl- ks¹r wqʿ -n
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Translation
By ʿzz son of ʾs²lm {of the lineage of} Rks¹ and he {grieved} {for} his father and for {ʿwḏ} {his} maternal uncle and for S²ʿ and he was on the look out and may he cut off his hand that Ds²r may be against the destroyer of our inscription
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AKSD: b[n] rhs¹ for [ḏ-] ʾl rks¹; w ṯq b- yd -h w ds²r ʿl k{s¹}r w qʿl;
Commentary
On a limestone slab. For the interpretation of wqʿ see Macdonald 1992: 6, n. 26. For the translation of w ṯqb yd -h w ds²r ʿl- ks¹r wqʿ -n see Al-Jallad 2015: 99, 149.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
r with one exaggerated curved arm; s² zig-zag
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Coil

  • [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].
  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
Site
Mudaysīs c. 35 km south-east of Tanf, Ḥimṣ (Ḥomṣ) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1966
Current Location
Damascus Museum (17752)
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Relatives, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0010690
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA