C 5075

Siglum
C 5075
Alternative Sigla
Wetzstein 347
Transliteration
(l) yʿmr w ṣyr mn- rḥb(t) s¹nt tlyt bnyd rḥbt
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Translation
{By} Yʿmr and he returned to water from {the Ruḥbah} the year tlyt bnyd the Ruḥbah
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: s¹nt t()yt b- n(d)d rḥbtI "in the year ----in the hills of the Rḥbt"
Commentary
We are unable to offer an interpretation of tlyt bnyd and C's emendation to b- n(d)d and translation as "in the hills of the Rḥbt" is inappropriate since the Ruḥbah, as its name suggests, is a shallow depression not a hilly area. For the difference in Safaitic between rḥbt ("The Ruḥbah")and h-rḥbt ("this raḥabah") see Macdonald 1992: 23–25.

  • [Wetzstein] Grimme, H. Texte und Untersuchungen zur ṣafatenisch-arabischen Religion. Mit einer Einführung in die ṣafatenische Epigraphik. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums, 16/01/2012). [Reprint, 1970, Johnson, New York]. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1929.
  • [NAEN] Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
“In an unknown part of Wādī Ġarz” (C p. 616), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1858
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Movement, Place-name, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0008279
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA