JaS 49

Siglum: JaS 49
Transliteration: ---- bn gḥ{s²} ḏ- ʾl wqrʾl w ḫyṭ l{ʿ}{----}----{w}----{ḏ}
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Translation: ---- son of {Gḥs²} of the lineage of Wqrʾl and he journeyed without stopping l{ʿ}{----}----{w}----{ḏ}
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JaS: [----bn m]{l}{ṯ} bn gḥs¹ ḏ ʾl wqrʾl w ḫyṭ l ʿ---- ḏ s¹w{ʾ}; translation from w ḫyṭ "And he has journeyed straight through to ʿ---- him of s¹w{ʾ}".
Commentary: The reading of the first name in JaS is speculative as only a short line and a line with a circle remains. The latter might be the remains of a y ṯ or ṣ. It is most likely that the third letter of the name after bn is an s². JaS reads the letters after the break from right to left but it seems more likely given the amount of space that they should be read from left to right as a continuation of the existing line. After the gap in the copy the fork of a letter remains above the break which might be the remains of an ʾ as read by JaS or a h or a ṣ. There is not enough of the letter after the w remaining to read an s¹ as in JaS.

[JaS] Jamme, A. Safaitic Inscriptions from the Country of ʿArʿar and Raʾs al-ʿAnānīyah. Pages 41-109, 611-637 in F. Altheim & R. Stiehl (eds), Christentum am Roten Meer. 1. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1971.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA