Siglum: Jacobson A.16.1  Script: Hismaic

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Transliteration
h ʾḥylt l- mʿz zhm nmt

Translation
O ʾḥylt [grant] the goats of Zhm abundance

Commentary
Previously unpublished.

For nmt in the sense of "abundance" (?) compare Arabic nāmiyah (Lisān al-ʿarab, s.v. nāmiyah) from verb namī "to multiply, to increase, to become abundant".

Subjects
Domestic animals Deity Prayer Religion

Site: Unknown
Present Location: In situ
Notes: David Jacobson's collection

References:
Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. al-Mukarram Lisān al-ʿArab. Ṭabʿah ǧadīdah muḥaqqaqah wa-maškūlah šaklan kāmilan wa-muḏayyalah bi-fahāris mufaṣṣalah. (7 volumes). Al-Qāhirah: Dār al-Maʿārif, n.d. (3rd edition) [1st ed. 1981].

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