SESP.M 2

Text Information

Siglum
SESP.M 2
Transliteration
l ʾdm bn mlk bn ys¹mʿl bn ṣʿd w wrd h- nmrt b- s¹bṭ f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ l- ḏ tnẓr w nqʾt b- ʾḫ -h l- ḏ yḫbl h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By ʾdm son of Mlk son of Ys¹mʿl son of Ṣʿd and he went to water at H- Nmrt during S¹bṭ so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief to those who wait [for the rains] and [inflict] ejection from the grave by his brother on him who destroys the carving
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
This is one of only five inscriptions which mention the month name s¹bṭ. For the interpretation of nqʾt see Al-Jallad 2015: 335.

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Site
Unnamed, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Time, Watering, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0035948
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA