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C 893

Text Information

Siglum
C 893
Alternative Sigla
Vogüé 5 a
Transliteration
l mty bn lʿṯmn bn ʾnʿm bn lʿṯmn bn rġḍ bn hḏry w wgm ʿl- tʿmr trḥt w ʿl- ʾḫyt -h f h lt w gdʿwḏ ġyrt [w] [ʿ][w][r] [l-] ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
Translation
By Mty son of Lʿṯmn son of ʾnʿm son of Lʿṯmn son of Rġḍ son of Hḏry and he grieved for Tʿmr who perished, for his younger sister, so, O Lt and Gdʿwḏ, let there be blood money but may he who would efface this writing [go blind].

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: l mty bn lʿṯmn bn ʾnʿm bn lʿṯmn bn rġḍ bn hḏry w wgm ʿl- tʿmr trḥt w ʿl- ʾḫyt -h f h lt w gd ʿwḏ ġyrt [w] [ʿ][w][r] [l-] ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ

Provenance
Khirbat al-Hubayrīyah is a site at the northern end of the Kraa (al-Qaraʾah), some 7.5 km south-east of Khirbat al-Umbāshī. The inscriptions were found in the area surrounding the site.
Original Reading Credit
C
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Associated Signs
Lined disc, and other lines.
Associated Drawings
To the right, a drawing of a man.

  • Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.
Site
Ḫirbat al-Hubayriyyah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1861, 1862
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0004098
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