C 103

Text Information

Siglum
C 103
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 1384 b
Transliteration
l ġyrʾl bn [[]]ʿ{r}d {b}{n} ġyrʾlh bn ʾ{s¹}yd bn qdm bn ns²ʿʾl ḏ- ʾl bs¹ w wgm ʿl- {ʾ}s¹{y}{d} w ʿl- frʾ w ʿl- lʿmʾl w ʿl- mlk w ʿl- ḥn w ʿl- ʾs¹ w ʿl- ʿmt w ʿl- frʾ ʾḫ -h
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Translation
By Ġyrʾl son of {ʿrd} {son of} Ġyrʾlh son of {ʾs¹yd} son of Qdm son of Ns²ʿʾl of the lineage of Bs¹ and he grieved for {ʾs¹yd} and for Frʾ and for Lʿmʾl and for Mlk and for Ḥn and for ʾs¹ and for ʿgt and for Frʾ his {brother}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: s¹ʿd for [[]]ʿ{r}d; ʾw{k}d for ʾ{s¹}yd; wʿm for wgm; ʾs¹yd for {ʾ}s¹{y}{d}; nʿmʾl for lʿmʾl; ʿgt for ʿmt; {h} ʾlh for ʾḫ -h
Commentary
Although nʿmʾl would be expected, the initial letter is identical to the l of the preceding ʿl.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched & incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
6 lines with a possible very lightly scratched 7th
Associated Inscriptions
C 102 C 104

  • [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; 1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0003308
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OCIANA,. 'C 103.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/10199. Accessed: 10 Jul, 2025.