ueeze was taken by an Arab for M. Clermont-
anneau. There is also a copy of ll. 13-20 made for him by another Arab. Then the Stone was broken up by the Arabs in the hope of making more profit out of the fragments. Two large frag- ments and 18 small ones were recovered. From these, with the addition of reconstructions from the squeeze of the missing portions, a restoration of the Stone has been made, and p! in the Jewish Court of the Louvre at Paris. There is a facsimile of this restored Stone in the British Museum. The text is printed on p. 404.
Moabite Alphabet— N & C sy Opa Ποὺ. x7 2 γι 3 τι 7 yan ΒΞ 7 ex © Ἷ of 5 9 , Τ $ Le n Η Ῥ ἴδ does not occur. g w x
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(a) Notes on the Text.—The following abbrevia- tions are used in what follows :—
Cl=Clermont -Ganneau, La Stéle de Mésa, 1887 (6 review of SS).
G=Ginsburg, Moabite Stone, 1871.
L=Lidzbarski, Nordsemitischen Epigraphik, 1898, p. 415,
etc, N=Nordlinder, Die Inschrift des Kinigs Mesa von Moab 1896, apud SH, only referred to when differing from
SH«=Socin (with Holzinger), Zur Mesainschrift, Berichte der Stichsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 1897, only referred to when differing from SS.
ἐξ σοονο τς Socin, Die Inschrift des Kénigs Mesa von Moab, 1886.
The differences of opinion given here relate to what and how much can be actually seen on the fragments, squeeze, etc., of the Stone. Conjec- tures as to letters entirely missing or quite illegible will be referred to under the translation. Dots over letters signify that, in the opinion of the authority quoted, they are indistinct. As Θ᾽ had not access to the squeeze or any reproduction of it, G cannot be cited for its readings.
1. After wD3—SS, 7D; Cl, G, 13; Cleuggesta as alternatives abe or 05 from Phonician parallels; L, “5. 8. After DI—SS, Ὁ " ye; Cl, nothing distinct; Ζ, Ὁ" yw. 4. In ]25 *n—SS, Ὁ; Cl, G, N,v; Taps δ. In ἢν "--ϑϑ, L,*; Cl, G,n; N, 3. 6. After 1OX—SS, 1373; Cl, only part of a 3 visible; LZ 3379. 7. After nN—SS, 5x52; Cl, G, only me; L, [r]e 53. 8. At the beginning—SS, Ci, G, L, Υ. In *D'—SS, G, L, 1; Cl, 1 or Ἵ, possibly *D* should be joined with ‘sn, and the combination read as a proper name. After *ne—sSs, L, 2. a 9. After 8—SS, 12; Οἵ, nothing distinct ; L, N, SH, |. 10. nn***—SS, L, wy; Cl, nothing distinct. Atter «7D—SS, *; Cl, not visible; L, Ν, SH, *. 11. In***n—SS, D+ oY; Cl, not visible; L, SH, Ὁ" oY. 12. In * x)—SS, L, Ὁ ; Cl, not distinct. 13, In* * *x—SS, 15); Cl, N, nothing distinct ; L, [Ὁ] #3. 14. In *)—SS, L, 8; Cl, N, not visible. 15. In *x—SS, Cl, L, n. 16. In *$3—SS, 0; Cl, πὶ G,a; LZ, ὃ; N, nothing distinct. After ndx—SS, p20) " 1320 + [7x]; ΟἹ, 33 [59], nothing else distinct, nothing on squeeze where SS, see the ] after 31D), neither can there be a Ὁ in this word; G, 12>] ; 1,1" 50.713} [x]. In * *}—SS, 31; Cl, L, nothing distinct. 17. In* *x—SS, 81; Cl, nothing distinct; L, [x]. 18. In D7 *2nON—SS, ἡ; Cl, G, L, N, H (in SH) only a dot. Note size of Moabite yod. After 791—SS, L, nk. 19, After * *250—SS, 1"; ΟἿ, nothing distinct ; Z,1*N,1*. 23. In *wxn—SS, 1; ΟἿ, not distinct; L, ἢ, In *3p3—SS, 3; Cl, L, N, SH, 3. %4. In *-wy—SS, L,>; Cl, only visible with the eyes of faith. G does not give δ in facsimile, but prints it in Heb. Text, with: out any indication that it is restored and not read.
26. Atthe beginning—SS, Ὁ * ]; ΟἿ, neither visible nor con sistent with the amount of space or the traces visible; L, * . ae, In * *%3—SS, L,} 1: Cl, i G, }. 27. In * *y—SS, L, }*; Cl, nothing distinct; @, Z in facsimile Σ in Heb. Text. 28, In *S>—SS, L, 3; Ct, Ν, not visible. 29, At beginning—SS, Ἢ; Cl, Ἢ; L,*R. In * 32—SS, L, A.
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MOAB, MOABITES 407
80, At beginning—SS, x...770 °°; ὦ, καὶ [237{π0} “ ".
At end—SS, L, 3p3; Cl, H(in SH), ....++3;G,D. 81. After 23—SS, "ὍΝ "71" 7113; Οἵ, pR Ὁ 5 1152; Ψ, Ἔν * en *933°5 ἢ, [one 53.
82. In * * *3x—SS, nde): 1; Cl, not visible, and too much for the available space; L,* *1* 5.
83. In 72 * *—SS, Γ apparently by some misunderstanding, as, according to Cl, no portion of either fragment or squeeze exists before the 2; L, * *.
In** *Syy_ss, ax; Cl, [np]; L, m*.
84. Inn*; SS, Cl, @; SS suggest that possibly Ὁ may be represented and not δ᾽ ; they discover before this letter traces ofa; Socin thinks that the letter in pw read as 1 may be 3;¢4,0;4,*.
(δ) Translation.
Words in () represent Moabite words, some or all the letters of which are not clear enough to make it certain what they are. Words in[] represent conjectural restorations where the text has entirely, or almost entirely, disappeared. Words in {()] represent conjectural restorations of words, in which one or more, but not all the letters, can be distinctly read. OT names are given in AV spelling ; in other cases the consonants are given, without supplying vowels. Words uired by Eng- lish idiom but not by Hebrew are in italics. Symbols as Notes on Text. In some cases the Hebrew order has been preserved, and the English order is shown by subscript numerals.