JaS 82.2

Siglum: JaS 82.2
Transliteration: l mqẓ w tḫw[f]---- f h (ʾ)lh ḥḍr----
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Translation: By {Mqẓ} and {he was diminished} ---- and so O {ʾlh} [may he find] permanent water
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Language and Script: Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JaS: l yqz w ḫtw bḍḥ hlh hf " By Yqz. And he was grieved at the appearance - O Lh - of Hff"
Commentary: The text is written on the outside of the bottom of the same dish as JaS 82.1. It is difficult from the copy to be sure how the text reads or whether the letters belong to only one text. The copy of the letter after the first l is doubtful it is most unlikely to be a y as read by JaS but could be an incomplete w. JaS continues reading the text after the z with the w near the break in the opposite direction to that in which they are read above and then reads the last group of letters from top to bottom in the copy regardless of the fact that the r ḥ l and f all face in the opposite direction. If the letters are all to be read as one text it is much more likely that the part of the text missing at the break curves round and continues with the f and following letters. The reading and translation here, are based on the supposition that the text is Hismaic (see the ḍ and ẓ) and are purely a suggestion.

Associated Inscriptions

[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

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