Is.Mu 173

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Siglum
Is.Mu 173
Transliteration
l s¹ny bn ʾnʿm bn s¹ny bn mḥlm ḏ- ʾl ʿwḏ w ḥl h- dr s¹nt qbr ʾ- rmy w h gdʿwḏ s¹lm
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Translation
By S¹ny son of ʾnʿm son of S¹ny son of Mḥlm of the lineage of ʿwḏ and he camped here the year the Roman was buried and O Gd-ʿwḏ [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
This is one of rare the Safaitic inscriptions in which the definite article occurs as both h- (h- dr) and as ʾ- (ʾ- rmy). See Al-Jallad 2015: 16–17.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Inscriptions
Mu 174-178 (first face); 179-180 (second face)

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [Is.Mu] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Muna Al-Muʾazzin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, and published here.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2002
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Camping, Date (s¹nt), Definite article (unusual), Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Outside peoples, Present in a place
Old OCIANA ID
#0027178
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA