Is.M 199

Text Information

Siglum
Is.M 199
Transliteration
[[]][[]]l mġyr bn ḥny bn s¹ʿd bn ʿbd bn ʿḏ bn s²rb bn ġlmt w wgm ʿl- ʾḫ -h w ṣ{w}r h- ʿrḍ bql m- ḥrn f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation
By Mġyr son of Ḥny son of S¹ʿd son of ʿbd son of ʿḏ son of S²rb son of Ġlmt and he grieved for his brother and {he returned to a watering place} from Ḥrn [in] this valley [with] herbage and O Lt [grant] security and blindness to whoever scratches out the inscription
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
At the beginning, there is what looks like a false start which was then scratched over. Note that while the passage wṣ{w}r h-ʿrḍ bql m- ḥrn is not easy to make out on the photographs, Macdonald's hand copy, made in situ, shows all the letters and he noted at the time that all the letters are "clear on the stone, except for the w which could be a ʿ ". We would suggest that ṣwr is a variant of the more usual ṣyr.

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  • [Is.M] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Michael Macdonald, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2003, and published here.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Plants, Relatives, Topographic features, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0026969
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA