SESP.S 14

Siglum
SESP.S 14
Transliteration
l ʾfṣy bn ʾlht bn ʿbd bn ʾlht bn ḥnnʾl w wgd ʾṯr ʾl ms²ʿr f qṣf
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Translation
By ʾfṣy son of ʾlht son of ʿbd son of ʾlht son of Ḥnnʾl and he found the traces of [members of] the lineage of Ms²ʿr and so he was sad
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
SESP.S 14 and 15 plus a rock drawing are on a narrow face adjacent to that bearing SESP.S 5–13. Given the presence of the personal name ms²ʿr in the genealogies in SESP.S 5, 9, 10, and 12,on the same stone as this text, it seems likely that some at least were members of a family known as the ʾl ms²ʿr.

Associated Drawings
A crudely scraped drawing of a human with raised arms and a stick figure possibly of a woman giving birth.
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Group (in the narrative)
Old OCIANA ID
#0035844
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA