AH 003

Siglum: AH 003
Alternative Sigla: Sima 1999: 36; D 136
Transliteration: ʾḫlb s¹lḥ/ḏ– ġbt/ʾẓl– l/l- ḏġbt h- ẓll/b- k– [h][l]/f rḍ -h w ʾḫrt -h[/]{w} s¹ʿd -h
Translation: ʾḫlb priest of Ḏ- ġbt performed for Ḏġbt the ẓll-ceremony at {K- hl} and so favour him and his posterity {and} help him

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll for ʾẓll. Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan: h- ṭll for h- ẓll. TRANSLATION Lines 2–3. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥ. Lines 3–5. ʾẓll l- ḏġbt h- ẓll, Sima: '(he) covered for Ḏġbt the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(he) offered for Ḏġbt the sacrifice'. Lines 5–6. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name K[h][l]. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.

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