HSIM 49217

Siglum: HSIM 49217
Transliteration: l dʿns¹ bn qbn bn ʿm ḏ- ʾl mṭy w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- lhgn w ʿl- nm{r} w ʿl- ʿmr w ʿl- ʿm w ʿl- dbbn w ʿl- ġṯ w ʿl- ḫlṣ w ʿl- ḫlṣt w ʿl- s¹wd w ʿl- s¹ʿd w ʿl- ʾs¹ w ʿl- krzn w ʿl- mnʿt w ʿl- hnʾ w ʿl- hnʾt w ʿl- nṣr w ʿl- ʿḏr w ʿl- ms¹ ʿmt -h w ʿl- ʿns¹ ʿmt -h w ʿl- fḫmt ʿmt -h w ʿl- ʾs¹dt ʿmt -h w ʿl- fhln ḫl -h w ʿl- ʿbd ḫl -h w ndm ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h w nṣb s¹nt s¹lmt ʿwḏ ----
OCIANA
Translation: By Dʿns¹ son of Qbn son of ʿm of the lineage of Mṭy and he grieved for his father and for Lhgn and for {Nmr} and for ʿmr and for ʿm and for Dbbn and for Ġṯ and for Ḫlṣ and for Ḫlṣt and for S¹wd and for S¹ʿd and for ʾs¹ and for Krzn and for Mnʿt and for Hnʾ and for Hnʾt and for Nṣr and for ʿḏr and for Ms¹ his paternal aunt and for ʿns¹ his paternal aunt and for Fḫmt his paternal aunt and for ʾs¹dt his paternal aunt and for Fhln his maternal uncle and for ʿbd his maternal uncle and he was unhappy about his companions and he set up a stone the year in which [the lineage of ]ʿwḏ was freed
OCIANA
Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: HSIM 49217: possibly dgns¹ for dʿns¹; nṣ{r} or nṣb "he was victorious"; Ryckmans G 1953: 524-525: reads the first name as dgns¹ and takes it as a Semitic transcription of Greek Διογενης; he also takes ʿmt as "paternal aunt" not "grandmother".
Commentary: The use of ʿmt -h referring to 4 different people suggests that it cannot be translated as paternal grandmother in parallel with the usual translation of ʿm as grandfather. However, it could also represent great grandmother.

[HSIM] Harding, G.L. Safaitic Inscriptions in the Iraq Museum. Sumer 6, 1950: 124-129.
Ryckmans, G. A propos des noms de parenté en safaïtique. Revue biblique 60, 1953: 524-525.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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