SESP.S 3

Siglum: SESP.S 3
Transliteration: l ʿm bn ʿ[[]]bd bn ḍhd bn ʿbd bn ḏʾb bn nʿmn bn kn bn nʿmn ḏ- ʾl kn
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Translation: By ʿm son of ʿbd son of Ḍhd son of ʿbd son of Ḏʾb son of Nʿmn son of Kn son of Nʿmn of the lineage of Kn
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: SESP.S 2–4 are by three brothers. SESP.2–4 demonstrate two of the three methods of marking affiliation to a social group. In SESP 2 this is done by tracing the author's lineage to the eponymous ancestor of his group, while the authors of SESP.S 3 and 4 use the expression ḏ- ʾl ("he of the lineage of") plus the group's name. These three inscriptions show that the ʾl Kn was a sub-group of the ʾl ḍf.

Associated Signs

Cartouche with a sun sign just outside it, at the end of the text

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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA