C 766

Siglum
C 766
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 1161 a
Transliteration
l mty bn ʾs¹lhm w wgm [ʿ][l]- ʾhl [-h] h- frs¹
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Translation
By Mty son of ʾs¹lhm and he grieved {for} {his} family [and his is] the horseman
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ʾẓlm for ʾs¹lhm; wgm ʾhl h-frs¹ for wgm ʿ][l]- ʾhl [-h] h- frs¹
Commentary
The phrase ʾhlhfrs¹  for *ʾahlohaffaras¹ is probably an example of cross word-boundary assimilation, as in wlhrgm for *waloharrugm. See Macdonald 2018.

Associated Signs
7 circles and wheel-shaped sign

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Clues as to how a Nabataean may have spoken from a Hismaic inscription. Pages 231–239 in G.R. Smith, Near Eastern and Arabian Essays: Studies in Honour of John Healey. (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement, 41) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Ḥaǧar al-Hallah, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s & 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0003971
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA