SESP.S 1

Siglum
SESP.S 1
Alternative Sigla
MISS.D 1
Transliteration
l nʿmn bn ḫbyṯ bn nṣr bn nʿmn bn nṣr bn gr[m]ʾl bn kn bn nʿmn bn wʿl bn rbn bn s²ʿr bn kn bn ṭḥrt bn hys¹r bn bʾs² bn ḍf w nṣb ʾṯʿ s¹nt ʾmd qyṣr h- mdnt w s¹wy h- m{d}{n}t w bḫs¹ ʾl ʾs¹hm f ḥrb -hm ʾl mlk w ʿm h- ʿbs²y w ʾs¹ ḏ- ʾl frṯ w ḏ- ʾl yẓr
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Translation
By Nʿmn son of Ḫbyṯ son of Nṣr son of Nʿmn son of Nṣr son of {Grmʾl} son of Kn son of Nʿmn son of Wʿl son of Rbn son of S²ʿr son of Kn son of Ṭḥrt son of Hys¹r son of Bʾs² son of Ḍf and he set up a standing stone for ʾṯʿ the year that Caesar sent reinforcements to the province and put the {province} in good order and he weakened the ʾl ʾs¹hm and then the ʾl Mlk and ʿm the ʿbs²ite and [one or more] of the lineage of Frṯ and [one or more] of the lineage of Yẓr robbed them [i.e. the ʾl ʾs¹hm]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
See Macdonald, Al Muazzin & Nehmé 1996: 453-458, where this is number D. At 16 generations, this is one of the longest Ḍf genealogies, but see SESP.S 2 and see the family-tree in Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 455. The same author gave his genealogy in QWs 9.

Associated Signs
A sunsign with a cross in the centre of the circle plus seven lines at the end of the text

  • [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.
  • [SESP.S] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 in Umm al-Ǧathādir (a tributary of Wādī al-Shām) and published here.
  • [SESP.U] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 in Umm al-Ǧathādir (a tributary of Wādī al-Shām) and published here.
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Group (in the narrative), Lineage (ancestor), Lineage (nisbah), Military, Outside peoples, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0035837
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