SESP.D 12

Siglum
SESP.D 12
Transliteration
l ġṯ bn gḥfl bn ẓnn bn ʿzhm w dṯʾ h- ʿrḍ ḏ- ʾl nġbr w ʿwr w ʿrg l- ḏ yʿwr mʿl- ḥwq w ġnmt ʾbl l- ḏ dʿy
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Translation
By Ġṯ son of Gḥfl son of Ẓnn son of ʿzhm of the lineage of Nġbr and he spent the season of the later rains in this valley of the lineage of Nġbr and [inflict] blindness and lameness on whoever scratches out [the inscription] out of jealousy and [grant] booty in camels to whoever reads aloud [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
SESP.D 1–20 are on one large boulder. Numbers 1–15 are on Face A; a rock drawing is on Face B, and SESP.D 16–19 are on Face C. This text is in small incised letters below 10. On yʿwr mʿl- ḥwq see Al-Jallad 2015: 152. It recurs in KRS 1015 and in SESP.S 6. On dʿy see Al-Jallad 2015: 309.

Associated Inscriptions
SESP.D 1–11, 13–15

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here No. 1015
  • [SESP.D] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 in the Wādī al-Shām, north-east of the modern dam at al-Namārah, and published here.
  • [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.
Site
Unnamed, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Genealogy, Lineage, Season, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0036014
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA