C 4196

Siglum
C 4196
Alternative Sigla
Mascle-Mouterde 1
Transliteration
l {g}rmʾ{l} bn gr{m}{ʾ}{l} bn bḥṯ{n} dmy
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Translation
By {Grmʾl} son of {Grmʾl} son of Bḥṯn he drew
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Associated Drawings
Two men on foot on either side of the inscription waving swords and small targe shields, with scabbards or extra swords at their belts.

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [Waddington] Ryckmans, G. Inscriptions safaïtiques relevées par Waddington. Le Muséon 52, 1939: 113-144.
  • [Mascle-Mouterde] Ryckmans, G. Inscriptions safaïtiques du Wâdî Rousheydî. Pages 507-520, pl. 1-2 in [no ed], Mélanges Syriens offerts à Monsieur René Dussaud par ses amis et ses élèves. Haut-Commissariat de la République Française en Syrie et au Liban, Service des Antiquités. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 30.2). Paris: Geuthner, 1939.
  • [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 the Wādī Rušaydah, near a watering place about 10 km downstream from the village of al-Rušaydah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1935
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0007400
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'C 4196.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/11335. Accessed: 16 Jun, 2025.