Al-Namārah.H 127
Text Information
- Siglum
- Al-Namārah.H 127
- Transliteration
- l mlk bn ys¹mʿl bn ṣʿd w rʿy h- mʿzy h- nḫl bql ---- f h lt s¹lm w nqʾt l- ḏ ʿwr ʾ- s¹f[r] w h l[t] fṣyt m- {ḏ}b wdd w m- s²ḥṣ
- Translation
- By Mlk son of Ys¹mʿl son of Ṣʿd and he pastured the goats in the valley on spring herbage. So, O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] ejection from the grave {on} whoever would scratch out this inscription and O Lt [grant] deliverance m- {ḏ}b wdd w m- s²ḥṣ
Interpretation
- Commentary
- For the translation of ġṯrt compare Classical Arabic ġaṯrah "abundance of herbage" (Lane 2230a). It is not clear what w m- ḏb wdd means here or in MN 48 (by this author's father) where it occurs again in a similar context (f h lt s¹lm w fṣyt m- s²ḥṣ w m- ḏb wdd)
- Site
- Al-Namārah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026338
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