Damascus Museum 21039.1

Text Information

Siglum
Damascus Museum 21039.1
Alternative Sigla
AKSJ Damascus Museum 1.1
Transliteration
l ʿz bnt ms¹k w ts²wqt ʾl- ʾlbʾ w ʾl- ḫbʾt bn ms¹k bn ys¹lm
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Translation
By ʿz daughter of Ms¹k and she longed for ʾlbʾ and for Ḫbʾt son of Ms¹k son of Ys¹lm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
AKSJ: w ʾl- ḫbʾt bn ms¹k [w ʾl- ḫbʾt] bn ys¹lm for w ʾl- ḫbʾt bn ms¹k bn ys¹lm.
Commentary
The inscription is carved on a limestone bowl with short handles at the base and (broken off) at the rim: diameter at the rim is 16 cms, at the base is 12 cms, and it is 9.5 cms high. The text is carved around the lower part of the outer face, running from the left side of the lower handle all round the bowl ending at the right side of the handle. The correct position of bn ys¹lm is difficult to judge since it is carved at right angles to the rest of the text below the t of ḫbʾt. It could either be the father of ḫbʾt which the author had omitted and then added, or it could be the father of ms¹k, whose name was already up against the handle, with the space immediately below possibly already occupied by AKSJ 1.5.2.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
s² zig-zag
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Straight line

Associated Inscriptions
Damascus Museum 21039: 2–9 (= AKSJ 1.1.1; 1.2.1-3; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5.1-2)

  • [AKSJ] Abū ʿAssāf, ʿA. Kitābāt ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah fī matḥafay dimašq wa tadmur. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 25, 1975: 141-145, pls 1-4 [Arabic Section].
Site
Possibly between Darʿā and Boṣrā, Darʿā (Daraa) Governorate, Syria
Current Location
Damascus Museum (21039)
Subjects
Genealogy, Women, Yearning
Old OCIANA ID
#0010695
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA