AWS 396

Siglum: AWS 396
Transliteration: l bnʾlh bn ʾs¹ bn ṣʿd w wld h- ḍʾ[n] f h lt s¹lm w ġnyt l- ḏ dʿy h- s¹fr w w{g}m ʿl- ʾḫw -h ʿl- ṣʿd w ʿl- qdm {ḏ-} ʾl nġbr s¹nt lʾk qṣr ʾn myt ʿm rm wft wqd dms²q
Translation: By Bnʾlh son of ʾs¹ son of Ṣʿd and he helped the {sheep} to give birth and so O Lt [grant] security and abundance to whoever reads this inscription aloud and {he grieved} for Ṣʿd and for Qdm his brothers {of} the lineage of Nġbr [in] the year lʾk Caesar that ʿm had died [in] Rm wft wqd Damascus

Interpretation

Commentary: For the phrase ʾn myt compare Ms 44 s¹mʿ ʾn myt flfṣ "he heard that Flfṣ had died". This is the first reference so far in Safaitic to Damascus.

ʿAlūlū [Alulu], Ġ.M.Y. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawīyyah jadīdah min wādī al-sūʿ ǧanūb sūrīyyah. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Yarmouk University. 1996.