C 657

Siglum: C 657
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 1107
Transliteration: l f{z}mn bn s²ḥl bn ʾ{ḥ}rb bn ms¹k w wgm ʿl- ʾḫw -h ḥr bn ʿlm(ʿ)n w tm w ʾs¹ f wny w tḥqr f h lt ṯʾr m- ḏ ʾ{s¹}{l}f w s¹lm {l-} ḏ s¹ʾr
Translation: By {Fzmn} son of S²ḥl son of {ʾḥrb} son of Ms¹k and he mourned for his brother Ḥr son of {ʿlmʿn} and Tm and ʾs¹ and he was sad, and .... and O Lt [grant] vengeance from whoever committed an act worthy of vengeance and [grant] security to whoever leaves the inscription untouched.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: l f{d}mn bn s²ḥl bn ʾ{ḥ}rb bn ms¹k w wgm ʿl- ʾḫw -h ḥr bn ʿlm()n w tm w ʾs¹ f wny w tḥqr f h lt ṯʾr m- ḏ ʾ{s¹}{l}f w s¹lm {l-} ḏ s¹ʾr

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: 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.