SESP.U 13

Siglum
SESP.U 13
Transliteration
l ms¹kʾl bn ḥmy w ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h ms²rqn f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Ms¹kʾl son of Ḥmy and he was on the look out for his brothers (he missed his brothers) who migrated to the inner desert. So, O Lt [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
13 and 14 start parallel running vertically down one face of a boulder. 13 then moves onto an adjacent two faces. ʾḫw is presumably the dual, the diphthong -ay not being represented. Ms²rqn would represent mušriqayn the dual of the maṣdār of the IV Form.

  • [MISS] 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.
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0035835
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