C 103

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
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}

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.

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 Both published (Dunand) and unpublished texts were found on this section of the rim, as well as C 296–298 which are among those (C 292–321) said in C to have come from "the region between Jabal Says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: OCIANA

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