MNM.3 7

Siglum: MNM.3 7
Alternative Sigla: King 1990: 641–642
Transliteration: l ʾs¹lm bn ʿbdmk bn khl bn ʿbdmk ḏ- ʾl rbt ḏkrt lt ns¹k [w] mys¹ [w] ʿwḏ s¹nt kbn s¹qy rʿ rbt
Translation: By ʾs¹lm son of ʿbdmk son of Khl son of ʿbdmk of the lineage of Rbt; [and] may Lt remember Ns¹k {and} Mys¹ {and} ʿwḏ, the year the watering place dried up in the pastures of Rbt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: King (1990: 641–642) commented: "For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.1. Since the verb kbn is masculine it is most likely that s¹qy should be translated as a singular substantive rather than the plural, as in the edition. An alternative to Milik's (1958-1959: 354–356) interpretation of the last part of the text would be s¹nt kb ns¹q yrʿ rbt 'the year ns¹q overthrew the tents (families) or rbt'. kabba, cf. Ar. kabba, 'prostate', overthrow'; the name ns¹q is not in Harding (1971) but cf. Ar. nassaqa 'set in order'; yrʿ cf. Syr. yārīʿā 'a tent', the inhabitants of a tent, a family, the word here, if the suggestion is correct, would most probably be a broken plural".

Provenance: At Khirbat al-madayniyyah, north-east of Al-Karak (Milik 1958-1959: 342).
Original Reading Credit: King 1990
Original Translation Credit: King 1990

Milik, J.T. Nouvelles inscriptions sémitiques et grecques du pays de Moab. Liber Annuus 9, 1958-1959: 330-358.
Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.

Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Pasturing, Religion, Watering
Script: Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID: #0051893
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