C 58

Siglum: C 58
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 1364 b
Transliteration: l hʾm bn ḫlf bn {d}ʿm ḏ- ʾl nġbr w ḫr{ṣ} {ʾ}ḫ {-h} {f} h bʿls¹mn s¹lm w ḫlṣt w ʿwr l- ḏ {y}{ʿ}wr h- s¹fr
Translation: By Hʾm son of Ḫlf son of {Dʿm} of the lineage of Nġbr and {he was on the look-out for} {his} {brother} {so} O Bʿls¹mn [grant] security and deliverance and [inflict] blindness on him who {effaces} this inscription

Interpretation

Provenance: Jabal Says consists of a volcanic cone within a much larger crater. The latter contains the ruins of an Umayyad palace and a semi-permanent lake. De Vogüé (1868–1877: 142–143) found only 2 Safaitic texts (C 3, 3bis) and some Kufic inscriptions by the ruins and Dusaud and Macler found none. None of these seems to have climbed to the top of the inner crater. Von Oppenheim (1899–1900: i, 245), however, reported large numbers on the south-east slope of the inner crater and particularly on its summit, but did not record any. C 5–104 were copied at Jabal Says by the Dunands, with no indication of their exact provenance. Safaitic inscriptions and at least one Greek text are to be found all around the rim of the cone and are particularly numerous on the north, north-east and south-east parts, overlooking the lake. Both published (Dunand) and unpublished texts were found on this section of the rim, as well as C 296–298 which are among those (C 292–321) said in C to have come from "the region between Jabal Says and Zalaf."
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions

Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.