SIT 40

Siglum: SIT 40
Transliteration: l tm bn ḥyrn w rʿy w r{ʿ}{y} ʾn{b}k{r} f h lt {ġ}rt w nṣr
Translation: By Tm son of Ḥyrn and he pastured and {he pastured} ʾn{b}k{r} and so O Lt [grant] {ġ}rt w nṣr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: SIT: l tm bn ḥyr w rʿy w bn{y} n---- bkr f h lt lṣb; translation from w rʿy "and he pastured and {he built} ---- young camel ? So O Lt ?". JMAA VIII p. 6: l tm bn ḥyrw bn ywbl h n[qt w h] bkr f h lt lṣb "To Tm bn Ḥyrw bn Ywbl [belong] the [she-]camel. And O Lt [grant] narrow and deep wells". H unp.: f h lt {n}ṣr at the end "So Lt [give] victory".
Commentary: The n after the first r is clear on the photograph. The most likely reading of the word after the second w is r{ʿ}{y} which presumably the author repeated by mistake. The first letter resembles a r more than a b the second letter is uncertain but there could be an intentional dot inscribed slightly away from the centre of the preceding letter and the next letter is a line with a hammered dot at one end although it is not as pronounced as the one in the y of the previous word. The next letter is definitely an ʾ and is followed by a slight dash and then a gap which is large enough for another letter but nothing has been inscribed there possibly because the author wanted to avoid a crack in the rock. The letter after the gap could be a b or a r as could the letter which has been added to the side of the k. The letters {ġ}rt are written in thicker lines and the r is joined to the t. There is then a w which is partially infilled and a n.

Harding, G.L. Safaitic Inscriptions from Tapline in Jordan. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 17, 1972: 5-14 and 2 unnumbered plates.