SESP.S 5

Siglum
SESP.S 5
Transliteration
l ʿbd bn [[]]ymlk bn ms²ʿr bn {z}ḥk bn mʿz w wgd s¹fr dd -h f qṣf w mṭy f h rḍy w gdʿwḏ ġnmt
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Translation
By ʿbd son of Ymlk son of Ms²ʿr son of {Zḥk} son of Mʿz and he found the inscription of his paternal uncle, so he was sad and he travelled quickly. So, O Rḍy and Gdʿwḏ [grant] booty
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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 at the top of the vertical face but runs onto an adjacent face and then back onto the vertical face to end up just to the right of the drawing of a camel. The author carved a m before the second name and does not seem to have erased it, but it would produce an impossible name. He also omitted the s² in ms²ʿr and added it below the line.

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
Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Movement, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0036210
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA