Damascus Museum 21039.2

Text Information

Siglum
Damascus Museum 21039.2
Alternative Sigla
AKSJ Damascus Museum 1.2.1
Transliteration
l ḫld w ts²wqt ʾl- ʾlbʾ
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Translation
By Ḫld 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 text is carved around the centre of the outer face of a stone bowl The inscription begins to the left of the lower handle and runs immediately above Damascus Museum 21039.1, ending above the word ts²wqt in that text. Damascus Museum 21039.3 (= AKSJ 1.2.2) begins immediately, after the end of Damascus Museum 21039.2.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

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

Associated Inscriptions
Damascus Museum 21039: 1, 3–9 (= AKSJ 1.1-1.1.1; 1.2.2-3; 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
#0010697
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA