Siglum: BRenv.A 1  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l qʿṣn bn s¹{l}y bn qʿṣn bn ḫlṣ bn nhb ḏ- ʾl dʾf w ngy n[[]]fr s¹nt bṭl ḥg s¹ʿʿ

Translation
By Qʿṣn son of {S¹ly} son of Qʿṣn son of Ḫlṣ son of Nhb of the lineage of Dʾf and he escaped {by fleeing} the year the pilgrimage to S¹ʿʿ had no effect

Commentary
In broadly incised letters, boustrophedon. Note the form of f, which is typical of several texts by members of the ʾl dʾf (see Macdonald, Muazzin and Nehmé 1996: 463 and n. 77). One or more letters have been hammered over between ngy and nfr. The b of bṭl is very straight.

The implication of bṭl ḥg s¹ʿʿ is that the pilgrimage to the shrine of Bʿls¹mn at S¹īʿʿ did not produce rain.

Subjects
Genealogy Lineage Date (s1nt) Religion Weather Place-name

Country: Syria
Region: Al-Suwaydah
Site: Site 14.1, Unnamed
Site number: 14.1
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1995
Field collector: SESP team
Survey: Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme (SESP)
Notes: On the left bank of Wādī Shām, north-west of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī. A small outcrop overlooking the wadi, 30 m east of site 14, on the opposite side of a small gully. This is site E in Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996.

References:
[BRenv.A] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995, at a small outcrop on the left bank of Wādī al-Shām, north-west of the water-tower at Biʾr al-Ruṣayʿī, and published here. Number: 1

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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