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RSIS 110

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Siglum
RSIS 110
Transliteration
l mġyr bn ḫrṣ bn s¹rd bn s¹rd bn wʾlt bn lṭʿt bn bgrn bn ʿmw bn grʿ bn ʾlwhb bn ʿhm ḏ-ʾl rks¹ w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ḥll h- dr w ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h f y ʾlt s¹lm w ġnyt l- ḏ s²ḥṣ
Translation
By Mġyr son of Ḫrṣ son of S¹rd son of S¹rd son of Wʾlt son of Lṭʿt son of Bgrn son of ʿmw son of Grʿ son of ʾlwhb son of ʿhm of the tribe of Rks¹ and he grieved for his father and he camped here and he was on the look out for his brothers so O lt [grant] security and abundance to whoever acts nobly.

Interpretation

Commentary
For a discussion of the word s²ḥṣ see Al-Jallad 2015: 344.

Provenance
These inscriptions come from one of three sites, but the author does not specify which site applies to each inscription. The 3 sites from which they were gathered are listed below: Tall aḍ-Ḍabiʿ: 32° 43 50.84N and 37° 17 5.25E Tall aḍ-Ḍbēʿah: 32° 42 49.72N and 37° 18 3.56E Wādī as-Samin: 32. 39 13.52N and 37. 14 10.00E
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Original Translation Credit
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  • Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • Rawan, S. Neue safaitische Inschriften aus Süd-Syrien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 16). Aachen: Shaker, 2013.
Site
Tall al-Ḍabiʿ/Tall al-Ḍubayʿah/Wādī al-Samin, Syria
Date Found
2006
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0032726
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