𐤔𐤐𐤈

𐤔𐤐𐤈

Punic

FWOTD – 27 October 2017

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew שׁוֹפֵט‎ (šōp̄ḗṭ), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎔𐎉 (ṯpṭ).

Pronunciation

• (6th BCE Early Punic): IPA^(key): /suːpetʼ/

• (3rd BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /suːpetʼ/

• (2nd CE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /suːfetʼ/[1]

Noun

𐤔𐤐𐤈 (špṭ) (plural 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤌‎)

1. judge; suffete
   • 180-150 BCE, inscription CIS 1.143 in Sardinia (trans. James Clackson[2]):

     ‏𐤋𐤀𐤃𐤍 𐤋𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤇 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤋𐤈𐤓𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤕 𐤙 𐤀𐤔 𐤍𐤃𐤓 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤍 𐤔𐤇𐤎𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤄𐤕 𐤔𐤌[𐤏 𐤒]𐤋𐤀 𐤓𐤐𐤉𐤀 𐤁𐤔𐤕 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤌 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊‎

     lʾdn lʾšmn mʾrḥ mzbḥ nḥšt mšql lṭrm mʾt [100] ʾš ndr ʾklyn šḥsgm ʾš bmmlht šm[ʿ q]lʾ rpyʾ bšt špṭm ḥmlkt wʿbdʾšmn bn ḥmlk

     To Lord Ešmun Merre. Cleon, (the slave) of the concession which is in the salt, dedicated this altar of bronze of weight of 100 pounds. He heard his voice, and he cured him. In the year of the Suffetes Himilkot and Abdešmun, son(s) of ḤMLK.

Descendants

• Latin: sūfes, suffes

References

1. Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
2. Clackson, James (2015) Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds, page 82