RQ.A 2

Text Information

Siglum
RQ.A 2
Alternative Sigla
C 1240
Transliteration
l gmm bn ʾnʿm bn ʾḏnt bn ʾnʿm bn qdm w ṣyr m- mdbr s¹nt ḥgz -h bʿls¹mn ʿl- h- mdnt w wrd h- mqẓt bdr f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr w ʿrg l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Gmm son of ʾnʿm son of ʾḏnt son of ʾnʿm son of Qdm and he returned to permanent water from the inner desert the year Bʿls¹mn withheld it [i.e. rain] from the Province [or region]. And he watered in the place where one spends the dry season in the first part of winter. So O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness and lameness on whoever may scratch out the carving.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
RQ.A 2 and 3 are on the same face. Mqẓt is presumably the place where one spends the season of qyẓ, i.e. high summer. Bdr =14, 15, 16 of month when the moon is full. Perhaps, Bʿls¹mn gave him authority over the city. NB madīnah in Egyptian Aramaic can mean

  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Ruǧm Qaʿqūl A, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0035878
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA