Is.M 198
Text Information
- Siglum
- Is.M 198
- Transliteration
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l ḍb bn s¹ḫr bn ʿbd bn ʾdm w tẓr h- s¹my w ṣlf h- {m}l s¹nt brḥ h- ʾṣlm s¹ʿʿ {f} h lt s¹lm {w}
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- Translation
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By Ḍb son of S¹ḫr son of ʿbd son of ʾdm and he waited for the rains but {the water} (?) did not come the year the images/idols left Sīʿʿ. So, O Lt [grant] security and
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- This is the translation suggested by MCAM in ʿReferences to S¡ʿ in the Safaitic inscriptionsʾ (in J.-M.Dentzer: S¡ʿ). For ṣlf see NA Dict. Ml cf K 196 f h bʿls¹mn mwl h- ʾrḍ s¹rʿ. This suggests that the verb mwl has something to do with ʿwateringʾ or ʿfertilizingʾ. In Classical Arabic the word aṣnām is used of minor deities not just of their images (see MCAM's Polytheism and Monotheism) See Milik in Hawran II on introduction of deities to S¡ʿ.
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- Site
- Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1996–2003
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026968
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