C 3524

Siglum
C 3524
Alternative Sigla
Al-Namārah.H 8, Wetzstein 240
Transliteration
l ʾs¹lm bn gnʾl bn whb bn s¹{b} w ḫrṣ f h lt rwḥ
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Translation
By ʾs¹lm son of Gnʾl son of Whb son of {S¹b} and he was on the look-out, so O Lt [grant] relief
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
See Al-Namārah.H 8. This is almost certainly Al-Namārah.H 8 since Wetzstein 239 is the text between the two lines of this text He does not seem to have copied the second line of the inscription containing the narrative and prayer.

  • [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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Transformation and continuity at al-Namarā: Camps, settlements, forts, and tombs. Pages 317-332 in K. Bartl & ʿA. Moaz (eds), Residences, Castles, Settlements. Transformation Processes from Late Antiquity to Early Islam in Bilad al-Sham. Proceedings of the International Conference held at Damascus, 5–9 November 2006. (Orient-Archäologie, 24). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 2008.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [Wadd] Waddington, W.H. Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie recueillies et expliquées. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1870.
Site
Išbikkat al-Namārah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1858; 1996
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0006728
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