ZeGA 16

Siglum: ZeGA 16
Transliteration: l mʿn bn bhm ḏ- ʾl gḥm bn ʾḫt ʾl ḍf
Translation: By Mʿn son of Bhm of the lineage of Gḥm son of the sister of the lineage of Ḍf

Interpretation

Commentary: It is difficult to check the reading from the photograph because the letters have been inked in. The shapes of the letters read as m in the editio princeps are very round and look more like gs but the names bhg and gḥg are not found elsewhere. As noted in the edition princeps, the very interesting, and at present unique, affiliation to the ʾl Gḥm son of the sister of the ʾl Ḍf, gives us new information on the lineage structure of the ʾls, that is that the "mother" of the eponymous ancestor of the ʾl Gḥm was perceived as being the sister of the eponymous ancestor of the ʾl Ḍf.

Associated Inscriptions

Zeinaddin, H. Safaitische Inschriften aus dem Ǧabal al-ʿArab. Damaszener Mitteilungen 12, 2000: 265-289, pls 58-69.

Site: On the left bank of the Wādī Rāmī, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria