C 654

Siglum: C 654
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 1105
Transliteration: l s¹mkʾl bn tm bn s¹r w ṣyr m- mdbr f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ ʿyd w wgm ʿl- ḥṭ
Translation: By S¹mkʾl son of Tm son of S¹r and he returned to a place of water from the inner desert, so, O Lt, may he who has returned be secure, and he grieved for Ḥṭ.

Interpretation

Provenance: We have not been able to identify this site with any certainty. According to C (p. 91), it is about 30 km west of Ruǧm al-Marʾah. The co-ordinates we have given it are therefore taken from a point 30 km due west of Ruǧm al-Marʾah, but this can only be a very approximate position. Note that this site is not the same as Ḥuǧayr al-Helle, where C 2 was found, which is on the north-western edge of the Ṣafā.
Original Reading Credit: C
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.