JaS 35+36

Siglum: JaS 35+36
Transliteration: l ms¹k bn nṣrʾl bn grmʾl ḏ- ʾl ḍf w gls¹ f ---- l{t} s¹{k}{n} ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr (h-) ḫṭṭ
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Translation: By Ms¹k son of Nṣrʾl son of Grmʾl of the lineage of Ḍf and halted briefly and so ---- {Lt} of {S¹kn} [grant] booty for whoever reads [this inscription] aloud and [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever scratches out this carving
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: JaS 35: w gl s¹nf "and he has gathered pods". JaS 36: l ts¹kn ġnmt l ḏ dʿy w nqʾt l ḏ yʿwr < > ḫṭṭ "By Ts¹kn. Booty to him who makes [this writing] his own and rejection for him who would erase [this] writing"
Commentary: It is most likely that JaS 35 and JaS 36 are one text. The n which JaS 35 read before the f is not visible on the copy and so w gls¹ f seems the most natural reading. The copyist has given no indication as to whether the stone is broken after the f and so it is not possible to tell whether there are letters missing between it and the following l. The first t is rather large. The k is a slightly unusual shape and the following n is larger than the other n's in the text. We follow JaS emending w to h before the word ḫṭṭ. Lt of S¹kn could be a deity of place, see C 777 and the discussion in Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 474–475 and could be linked to the s¹kn ʾl dʾf

[Ja] Jamme, A. New Safaïtic and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Northern Arabia. Sumer 25, 1969: 141-152, pl. 1-3.
[MISS] Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.

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