AH 006

Siglum: AH 006
Alternative Sigla: Sima 1999: 36; D 139
Transliteration: s¹s¹n/s¹lḥt/ḏġbt ʾgt/h- ẓll bʿd/nḫl [-h]/b- ḏʿmn f rḍ -h/w s¹ʿd -h w ʾṯb -h/w ʾḫrt -h
Translation: S¹s¹n priestess of ḏ-ġbt organized the ẓll-ceremony for the sake of {her} palm trees in Ḏʿmn and so favour her and help her and reward her and her posterity

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 2. Abū l-Ḥasan: h- ṭll for h- ẓll. Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan followed by Farès-Drappeau does not restore the pronoun [-h] after nḫl. Line 5. Abū l-Ḥasan does not consider the pronoun -h after ʾḫrt. TRANSLATION Line 1. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥt. Line 2. ʾgt, Abū l-Ḥasan: '(she) offered'; ʾgt h- ẓll, Sima: '(she) cleared out the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(she) brought the sacrifice'. Line 3. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'; Farès-Drappeau: 'on behalf of'. Line 5. ʾḫrt -h, Farès-Drappeau: 'he has guided her'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 19–20, for the place name Ḏʿmn. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary: Line 1. The t of the word s¹lḥt was originally omitted and subsequently added above the line.

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