Damascus Museum 21039.6

Text Information

Siglum
Damascus Museum 21039.6
Alternative Sigla
AKSJ Damascus Museum 1.1.1
Transliteration
l mlkt w t{s²}{w}qt ʾl- ʾlbʾ
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Translation
By Mlkt and {she longed} for ʾlbʾ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

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 inscription runs from the right of the lower handle upwards and across the scar where the upper handle had been and along the top of the outer face of the bowl. It is thus clear that it was carved after the upper handle had broken off which suggests that it may have been treated as a "waste product" which could be used for graffiti. For another inscription on this bowl by a woman with the same name see Damascus Museum 21039.6

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
Damascus Museum 21039: 1–5, 7–9 (= AKSJ 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
#0010696
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA