Is.Mu 321

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Siglum
Is.Mu 321
Transliteration
l ġyrʾl bn s¹lm bn ġyrʾl bn ḥwt ḏ- ʾl zmr ḏ- ʾl kn ḏ- ʾl ḍf ḏ- ʾl whbʾl w rʿy h- ḍʾn s¹nt ngy tm bn ʾnʿm h- dr w qnṭ h- s²nʾ w h- ʾmrd [b-] h- {n}mrt {w} tnẓr h- s¹my f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ b- [m][ṭ]r
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Translation
By Ġyrʾl son of S¹lm son of Ġyrʾl son of Ḥwt of the lineage of Zmr of the lineage of Kn of the lineage of Ḍf of the lineage of Whbʾl. And he pastured the sheep in the year that Tm son of ʾnʿm fled this place and he feared the enemy and the rebels [or rebellion] at {al-Namārah} {and} he was waiting for rain and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief through {rain}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
zmr: This was originally read as zgr but was corrected by Chiara della Puppa in her doctoral thesis.
Commentary
The author wrote b- nmrt then changed the b to h presumably meaning b- h- nmrt. The reading and interpretation h-ʾmrd "the rebels [or "the rebellion]" was suggested by Al-Jallad 2020.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • Al-Jallad, A.M. The month ʾdr in Safaitic and the status of spirantization in ‘Arabian’ Aramaic. Aramaic Studies 28, 2020b: 147–170
  • [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
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Pasturing, Place-name, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0027333
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