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khor ez zemen). 18. Amaradagli, tatara^^ denkar(agh) ge%A 
Instantly I will seek (that I) arise, I go 
ghQV obaninfi), ahas innegh ; Obani,* nek eg,egh irk harret 
towards my father, I may to him say : My father, I have done evil thing 
gerit Mesinak gerit ke. 19. Nek war issimmemahala^A damusa^A 
between? our God, between thee. I not am worthy I be called 
aliad innek. Amaradagh ! agahe ghas dar ikelannak. 20. Hun 
son of thee. Now ! make me only in thy servants. But 
inker, ose as obanis. Obanis yenliet bar agude yugig ; 
he arose, came to(?) his father. His father saw him until very far ; 
egas tehaninet ghas ; yusbel sirs ghas ; yudar fel erinnis, 
made for him mercy only ; hastened upon him only ; fell upon his neck, 
*ahas i-timuUut. 21. Hun innas rSris : Obani, bun nek 
that to him Ae-»?a^ kiss ? But said to him his child : My father, but I 
egegh irk-n-harret gerit Mesinak ed ke dar tulis. Hun 
have done evil of thing between our God and thee in repetition. But 
amaradagb nek war issimmalialay^ damusa^/i aliad innak : atafahi, 
now I not am worthy I be called son of thee : take me, 
udef ijel ikelannak. 22. Tnne tis y ikelannis : ^bauyet 
(like one of ?) thy servants. Said his-sire to his servants : Ho ! bring- ye 
tekatkat tebosken, selsem-as-tet ; tauyera tathod 
a robe beautiful, ye have clad to him it; Ye have brought a ring 
tebosken, tegera-as-tet degh asukkot enis ; tejimas 
beautiful, ye-have-made-to-him-z< on finger of him ; ye-have-made-to-him 
busbegan iboskatnen degh itefrannis. 23. Et wuayamas 
shoes beautiful on feet of him. Ye have brought -for him 
abedel edderin ta^Aeresamas, tekenfamas, adeneksbit 
calf fat (that) ye butcher for him, ye roast for him, (that) we eat it 
nellewa^. 24. Masban rori yemmijt, tulis abone ; abat, 
(and) be merry. Because my child was dead, again (is) alive ? he was "lost, 
nolis tebanait. Entenet illewen imanassen. 25. I^wa 
we have repeated a finding. They rejoiced their soul. He who (was) 
amakar ennis ibe sbekarasb-n-issen ekanneten, bar iggel 
the elder (son) of him fields of them to work them until he went 
he made them ? 
ehennis, bar ennebas: ebe n tis, isle amisli n 
(to) his tent, until he approached tent of his-sire, he heard a hearing of 
tesmsan d aramb de tekhast. 26. 'Eghare lyen dar ikelan, 
cymbals ? and timbrels ? and dancing ? He called one of the servants, 
isisten-t, innas : Wadagb mamus ? 27. Innas akeli : 
asked-him said to him : This what-is-it ? Said to him the servant : 
19. Damusagh=ad'amns ayh. The root amus seems to represent ism, (name) 
of Arabic, which is also used as substantive. 
* 20. Or, ahaz itimullut, he approached for the kiss. Timullut is a sub- 
stantive elsewhere. 
