SESP.S 8

Siglum
SESP.S 8
Transliteration
l ʾmr bn mlkt bn ḫdmt bn kmd bn ḥrs¹ w mṭy f h lt ġnmt w s¹lm
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Translation
By ʾmr son of Mlkt son of Ḫdmt son of Kmd son of Ḥrs¹ and he travelled quickly and so O Lt [grant] booty and security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
SESP.S 5–13 are on the broad, vertical face of a large boulder. This text starts immediately to the right of SESP.S 7 and runs diagonally to the centre of the face, avoiding both SESP.S 9 and the drawing, which presumably predate it.

Associated Inscriptions
SESP.S 5–7, 9–13

  • [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
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Movement
Old OCIANA ID
#0035840
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA