Damascus Museum 24235.2

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Damascus Museum 24235.2
Transliteration
l mlgn bn ḥznt w ḏkrt lt ḥzmt w ynʿ w ḫnbs¹ w ʾs¹lh w ʾs¹lm w ḥẓmt w lʿṯm w mlk w yʿl w ṣʿb w lʿb{n} w ʾs¹lh w gmm w wʾl w ḫlṣt w zyʾl
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Translation
By Mlgn son of Ḥznt and may Lt be mindful of Ḥzmt and Ynʿ and Ḫnbs¹ and ʾs¹lh and ʾs¹lm and Ḥẓmt and Lʿṯm and Mlk and Yʿl and Ṣʿb and Lʿbn and ʾs¹lh and Gmm and Wʾl and Ḫlṣt and Zyʾl
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Commentary
A limestone tripod platter with a spout, the legs of which have been broken off. Damascus Museum 24235.2 begins to the right of the spout and runs around the outer edge of the platter when it meets 24235.1 and then continues on the base of the platter, taking up all the space there. It is clear that it is 24235.2 on the base because the preposition ʾl- is required after ts²wq (24235.1) and is not used before the names there, whereas after the expression ḏkrt lt (in 24235.2) no preposition is required. Very tentatively, we would suggest that the authors of the two inscriptions had agreed a division of space on the edge of the platter, each starting from the spout to the point directly opposite it which was marked by a vertical line (and now also by a large chip), see the photograph of the top of the platter. When the author of 24235.2 reached the dividing line, he still had a great deal more to say and so continued onto the stump of the leg below it and thence onto the base of the platter. This shows that this leg, at least, was already broken off by the time the texts were inscribed, suggesting that it was a waste product used to carve graffiti. The stem between the two circles of the g in gmm is faint on the photograph but can be seen. The names ḫzmt and ʾs¹lh appear twice. They may have been different people or the author may simply have forgotten that he had already mentioned them. The name ḫnbs¹ has not been found before.

Associated Inscriptions
Site
Jordan
Current Location
Damascus Museum (24235)
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0051600
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA