Šarḥ Maṣbuta Rbtia: Šarḥ Maṣbuta Rbtia
Main text: RRC 1C, copied in 1074 AH (1663-4 CE) by Yahia Yuhana b. Rbai Zihrun Adam in Šuštar. The beginning of the text is missing, corresponding to lines 1—96 in our edition. These lines have been restored on the basis #2# with reference to #1#/. These sources show a stable text with few variants. The narrative colophon of RRC 1C has been published in Matthew Morgenstern, &lquo;Neo-Mandaic in Early Mandaean Colophons Part 2: Texts, Translations and Conclusion’, Aramaic Studies 17 (2019), pp. 107—110.
#1# DC 42b, a partial copy of the text preserved on the verso of a manuscript that was copied in 1156 AH (1743—4). The verso appears to belong to the same period as the recto.
#2# RRC 1A, copied in 1227 AH (1812 CE) by Iahia Ram Zihrun br Mhatam. A complete and reliable copy of the text. Employed as our body text for lines 1—96.