Al-Saʿīd 1420/1999: 3–14, no. 1

Siglum: Al-Saʿīd 1420/1999: 3–14, no. 1
Alternative Sigla: Sima 2000: 255–257; D 159; TMLT no. 5
Transliteration: ----krn/w hn- ʿs²rt/ʿs²rt/ʾ---- ----m/w hblh/w zdlh/bn{y} ----gfw/ḏġbt/b- mb{ġ}d/ḥ{b} ----m/ym/s¹tḥbl/ʾqd/h- rʿ/f rḍ -hm/w ----[s¹][n]{t}/ʿs²r/w ts¹ʿ/b- rʾy/h- rʿ/tlmy/hnʾs¹
Translation: ---- the community community of ---- ----m and Hblh and Zdlh {sons of} ---- gfw Ḏġbt in {Mbġd} ḥ{b} ----m day S¹tḥbl offered the (sheep) pasture and so favour them and ----{year} nineteen in the government of the keeper (the protector) Tlmy Hnʾs¹

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Sima followed by Al-Saʿīd, Farès-Drappeau and Al-Turkī: ʾ{s¹} rather than ʾ----. Line 3. Al-Saʿīd followed by Al-Turkī: ----gmw rather than gfw; Farès-Drappeau: mbġṯ for mbġd. Line 4. Al-Saʿīd followed by Al-Turkī: s¹tḥby ʾfd for s¹tḥbl ʾqd; Sima: s¹tḥb---- for s¹tḥbl and lrʿ for hrʿ; Farès-Drappeau:ʾfd for ʾqd. TRANSLATION Line 1. Sima does not translate this line; Farès-Drappeau: 'the ten of the family of ʾs¹' Line 4. ym s¹tḥbl ʾqd h- rʿ, Farès-Drappeau: 'the day when S¹tbḥl cultivated the pasture'. Line 5. h- rʿ, Al-Saʿīd followed by Sima: as title; Farès-Drappeau: 'the benevolent'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary: Only the copy is available. In Sabaic ʿs²rt means 'the nomad group' (Beeston et al. 1982: 21). In Classical Arabic ʿašīrat and ʿašīr has the meaning 'community' (Lane 1863-1893: 2053a).

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