C 99

Text Information

Siglum
C 99
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 1383 g
Transliteration
l [w][r]d bn ʾḏnt bn s²rk bn ʾḏnt bn wrd bn nġbr w ṣyr w tm {h}- s¹fr ʾl- ḥrn f ts²wq ʾl- ḥbb w wgm ʿl- mḥlm w ʿl- ḥn{q}t
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Translation
By {Wrd} son of ʾḏnt son of S²rk son of ʾḏnt son of Wrd son of Nġbr and he returned to a place of water and the journey lasted as far as Ḥawrān, and so he longed for a friend one and grieved for Mḥlm and {Ḥnqt}.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: s¹frt rḥ{b}n for s¹fr {ʾ}{l}ḥrn; ḥlmt for ḥn{r}t; "he put an end to the inscription of Rḥbn" for "he reached the inscriptions of the family of Ḥrn"

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving then boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions
C 93-98 C 100 (C 101?)

  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Ǧabal Says, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003304
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OCIANA,. 'C 99.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/10195. Accessed: 18 Sep, 2025.