SESP.S 9

Siglum
SESP.S 9
Transliteration
l mḥlm bn ʿbd bn mʿz bn ms²ʿr bn s¹wd bn wtr bn mlk w wrd b- ks¹ʾ ḏkr {f} h bʿls¹m{n} rwḥ w ḫrṣ h- rm f h lt s¹lm w h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Mḥlm son of ʿbd son of Mʿz son of Ms²ʿr son of S¹ʿd son of Wtr son of Mlk and he came to water in {the cosmical setting [or] full moon} of Aries and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief and he was on the look-out for h- Rm and so O Lt [grant] security and the carving [is his]
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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 below the beginning of 6 and runs parallel with 10, diagonally down the length of the face then back up to just below 7 and ending in the centre of the face, just above the tail of the horse. For the interpretation of b- ks¹ʾ ḏkr see Al-Jallad 2016: 91, 94–95, 99.

Associated Signs
Cartouche surrounding SESP.S 9–10, 12 and the drawings
Associated Drawings
A horseman with a long lance either spearing or raiding another equid. The horseman has been badly hammered over. There is also another smaller equid above the horseman, and a camel, all contained within the cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
SESP.S 5–8, 10–13

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • [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
Astronomical, Deity, Drawing, Genealogy, Group (in the narrative), Isolated Prayer, Watch (keeping), Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0035842
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA