AH 010

Siglum: AH 010
Alternative Sigla: Sima 1999: 37; Ryckmans 3.33; D 143
Transliteration: ʿbdḏġbt s¹lḥ/ḏġbt ʾẓll/h- ẓll b- khl/l- ḏġ– bt/bʿd/ḏ- kn/l- -h/b- b– dr/f rḍ -h
Translation: ʿbdḏġbt priest of Ḏġbt performed the ẓll-ceremony at Khl for Ḏġ– bt for the sake of that which belongs to him in B– dr and so favour him

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 3. Abū l-Ḥasan: ʾṭll h- ṭll for ʾẓll h- ẓll. TRANSLATION Line 2. Sima does not translate the word s¹lḥ. Line 3. ʾẓll h- ẓll, Sima; '(he) covered the subterranean water-channel'; Farès-Drappeau: '(he) offered the sacrifice'. Line 4. b- khl, Abū l-Ḥasan: 'in the month Khl'; Sima: 'by his abilities'. Line 5. bʿd, Sima: 'in the direction of'. DISCUSSION Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2014: 20–22, for the place name Khl. Hidalgo-Chacón Díez 2016: 128, for the divine name Ḏġbt.
Commentary: Due to a crack in the rock face, the lines are not aligned on the left side.

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