C 5087

Siglum
C 5087
Alternative Sigla
W. Tafel II, 4.f, Wetzstein 359
Transliteration
---- s¹ʿd bn s¹ʿd bn ḥn bn s¹ʿd [w] wg(d) s¹fr (d)d -h nẓr f bʾ{s¹} m ẓl()l trḥ r{ġ}m mny
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Translation
---- S¹ʿd son of S¹ʿd son of Ḥn son of S¹ʿd {and} {he found} the inscription of his {paternal uncle} Nẓr and so {despair} for {those who remain} he died {struck down} by fate
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C" (ẓ)(n)n for ḥn; bʾs¹ mẓl[l] (w) lt r{w}[ḥ] [w] [w][g][m] [ʿ][l-] (----) rs²m mny "and woe to whoever destroys it (and) Lt [grant] relief. And he placed on ---- a sign. He is dead".
Commentary
For the interpretation of bʾs¹ m ẓll see Al-Jallad 2015: 9, 355; for trḥ pp. 348–349; for rġm mny pp. 337–338.

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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.
  • [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
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0008291
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OCIANA. 'C 5087.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11286. Accessed: 15 Jun, 2025.