JaS 171.2

Siglum: JaS 171.2
Transliteration: l ʾs¹d bn mṣbḥ bn ʿ{h}d w dṯʾ s¹nt ws¹q ṣ
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Translation: By ʾs¹d son of mṣbḥ son of {ʿhd} and he spent the season of the later rains the year ws¹q ṣ
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JaS: l ʾs¹d bn mṣbḥ bn ʿhd w dṯʾ s¹nt ws¹q ḫyṣ rḍḫ w ld ʿyl; translation from w dṯʾ "And he has spent the spring [here] the year he has gathered a small quantity of crushed datestones and ʿyl has rebelled".
Commentary: The letters ḫy read by JaS after ws¹q are written to the left of the s¹ of ws¹q and it is unlikely that they belong to this inscription unless several letters are missing from the copy see JaS 171.3. Similarly the letters rḍḫ w ld ʿyl read by JaS are inscribed at right angles to the w and q of ws¹q and are either a continuation of this text with several of the letters missing from the copy or the letters of part of another inscription see JaS171.4. The second ṣ is written directly after ws¹q and the text is either unfinished or the copy is not complete.

Associated Inscriptions

Site: Wādī al-Ġurābah “Muṭabb ʿAsākir”, c. 27 miles [43 km] from ʿArʿar, Saudi Arabia

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA