Is.L 137

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP 478: s¹ʾl for z{l}ʾl. LP 946: z(d)ʾl for zlʾl; whb(ʾl) corrected from whbḍ on the copy
Commentary: Area A. The second l is as long as the lām auctoris whereas the n is much smaller. The reading of whbʾl implies that the vertical stroke attached to the ʾ does not belong to the letter. It is also possible that the author wrote this stroke as the final l but that finding it confusing he traced a second one above and at right angles to the letters wh. The identification of this text with LP 946 is certain the copyist taking the ʾ and the line attached to it as a ḍ. He also copied L 130 [= LP 945] which Littmann had missed. It is not clear why this copyist chose only these relatively insignificant texts from among the 11 on this rock.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA