CGSP 9
Text Information
- Siglum
- CGSP 9
- Transliteration
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l ṣhb w h ʾ {h} y s¹ r l y s¹ {h} {ẓ} {n} {b} {l}
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
- Translation
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By Ṣhb w h ʾ {h} y s¹ r l y s¹ {h} {ẓ} {n} {b} {l}
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 3
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
CGSP 9: l s¹hb w hʾyʾbny ḥn----y "By Ṣhb and Hʾy{s¹} sons of Ḥn----y" for
OCIANA 1: l ṣhb w hʾ{s¹}y---- {b}ny {ḥ}n{n} ----y "By Ṣhb w hʾ{s¹}y---- {sons of} {Ḥnn} ----y"
- Commentary
The section after the name is unintellegible, although most of the letters are legible. The n seems to be placed inside the ẓ, which is rather clearly carved. The penultimate letter looks like the angular b of ṣhb, but it is facing towards the beginning of the text. The l is carved over it. The final b and l, as well as the n, may be secondary additions to the text. If we permit ourselves some room for speculation, it is possible that hʾh should be understood as a name, and the following three letters ys¹r as a prefix conjugated verb from s¹yr 'to travel', meaning here 'are travelling', followed by a preposition l- and toponym, although no known place presents itself.
- Editio Princeps
- Calzini Gysens 1987
- Field Collector
- Jacqueline Calzini Gysens
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- Calzini Gysens, J. Graffiti safaitici a Pompei. Dialoghi di Archeologia 1, 1987: 107-117, fig. 1-4.
- [CGSP] Calzini Gysens, J. Safaitic Graffiti from Pompeii. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 20, 1990: 1–7.
- Site
- Pompeii, on the plaster of the northern wall of the corridor behind the theatres (Regio VIII, insula 7), Italy
- Date Found
- 1986
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Query (subject uncertain)
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0016571
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