Damascus Museum 21039.7

Text Information

Siglum
Damascus Museum 21039.7
Alternative Sigla
AKSJ Damascus Museum 1.4
Transliteration
l mlkt w ts²wq{t} 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 text is on the inside of the bowl near the rim. The name is carved a long way from the rest of the text and it is possible that the two do not belong together. There is space for a letter between ts²wq and ʾl and, on some of the photographs, a very faint t can be seen there. For another inscription on this bowl by a woman with the same name see Damascus Museum 21039.6

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Special Letter Forms
s² zig-zag
Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
Damascus Museum 21039: 1–6, 8–9 (= AKSJ 1.1-1.1.1; 1.2.1-3; 1.3; 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
#0010701
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA