C 3787+3788

Siglum: C 3787+3788
Alternative Sigla: LP 87, Dussaud M 313+314
Transliteration: l tmʾ{l} bn qṭʿn bn nʿmn bn ms¹kʾl bn bs²mt bn ṯwr bn ṭylt bn rʿd bn ḫbn bn qnʾl hn- ḥwly w nfr mn- rm
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Translation: By Tmʾl son of Qṭʿn son of Nʿmn son of Ms¹kʾl son of Bs²mt son of Ṯwr son of Ṭylt son of Rʿd son of Ḫbn son of Qnʾl the Ḥwlite and he fled from Rm
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: qn ʾlh nh wny "Qn. ʾlh! Weeping. And he migrated" for qnʾl hn-ḥwly "Qnʾl the Ḥwlite" LP: qnʾl h()- ḥwly "Qnʾl ha-Ḥwly (?)" MNH 308: hn-ḥwly
Commentary: For two Hismaic inscriptions in which the author says he is ḏ ʾl ḥwlt, see Lemaire-Macdonald 5, and Macdonald 2009: 179, no. 15

[Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
[LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
[C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.

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