BRenv.A 2

Siglum: BRenv.A 2
Alternative Sigla: MISS.E 2
Transliteration: l ḫlṣ bn mnʿm bn ḫlṣ ḏ- ʾl dʾf w wld h- mʿzy w qnṭ h- s²nʾ s¹nt kbs¹ ʾl lḥyn h- ʾs¹kn w ʾḫrb h- nʿm f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ s²rd
Translation: By Ḫlṣ son of Mnʿm son of Ḫlṣ of the lineage of Dʾf and he helped the goats give birth and he drove away the enemy the year the ʾl Lḥyn made a surprise attack on the ʾs¹kn and destroyed the herds and so O Lt [grant] security to him who has been driven away

Interpretation

Commentary: Published in Macdonald, Muazzin and Nehmé 1996: 460-464 as E2. See also BRenv.A 1 and BRenv.B 2. For the revised meaning of s²rd see Lane 1531b, c and Lisān (3, p. 236-238, nafara, ṭurida). The text is followed by the magic sign of 7 lines.

Provenance: On the left bank of Wādī Shām, north-west of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī. A small outcrop overlooking the wādī, 30 m east of site 14, on the opposite side of a small gully. This is site E in Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996.

Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995, at a small outcrop on the left bank of Wādī al-Shām, north-west of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here.