CGSP 7.1

Text Information

Siglum
CGSP 7.1
Transliteration
{l} gs²m
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
Translation
{By} Gs²m
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
Language and Script
Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

CGSP 7: the last three letters are read as the end of CGSP 7

OCIANA 1: M.C.A. Macdonald: l s²---- bn ṯs²m; first part of text more lightly scratched and the third letter unclear; again it seems likely that ṯ should be read /g/ although the  is a zig-zag; this however is not insuperable as zig-zag 's occur in Hismaic.

Commentary

This is another example on the same panel of the mixed Safaitic-Hismaic hand. The zig-zag s², which is rare in Hismaic, seems comparable in the number of its undulations to the type found in variant 3 Safaitic; compare this hand to that CGSP 5.

Editio Princeps
Calzini Gysens 1987
Field Collector
Jacqueline Calzini Gysens

Special Letter Forms
g a line with two loops; s² zig-zag
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Right to left

  • 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
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0018586
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Updated 30 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad