MSSH 12
Text Information
- Siglum
- MSSH 12
- Transliteration
- l nṣr bn ḥmlt bn mnʿm bn qdm bn ʿbdhm h- dmyt w h lt kmh l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy w s¹lm m- bʾs¹ h- s¹nt
- Translation
- By Nṣr son of Ḥmlt son of Mnʿm son of Qdm son of ʿbdhm is the drawing and O Lt blind whoever effaces the carving and [grant] plunder to whoever reads it aloud and may he be secure from misfortune this year
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- MSSH 12: l nṣr bn ḥmlt bn mnʿm bn wdm bn ʿbdhm ḏ- y myt w h lt kmh l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy w s¹lm m- bʾs¹ h- s¹nt
- Commentary
- For the word kmh cf. Arabic kammaha "to make blind" (Ullmann 1970: 367).
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Ullmann, M. (ed.) Wörterbuch der Klassischen Arabischen Sprache. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1970—.
- Al-Maʿānī [Maani, Al-Maʿani], S.ʿA. Nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min wādī salmà / al-urdun. Maǧallat al-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyyah wa-ʾl-insāniyyah 4:2, 1999: 29-48.
- Al-Manāsīr [Al-Manaser], A.Y.Kh. Traditional music or religious ritual? Ancient rock art illuminated by Bedouin custom. Pages 81–95 in L. Nehmé & A.Al-Jallad (eds), To the Madbar and back again. Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C. A. Macdonald. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 92). Leiden: Brill, 2018.
- Site
- Wādī Salmā, Jordan
- Current Location
- Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
- Subjects
- Curse, Deity, Drawing of entertainment, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0037883
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