C 913

Text Information

Siglum
C 913
Alternative Sigla
Dussaud V 404
Transliteration
l mġyr bn ns¹ʾ bn ġṯ bn s¹r bn ṣbḥ w w(g)m ʿl- ʾs²y[ʿ] -h mʿzy(n) w ḫb(l) bn (-h) f h lt s¹lm w mḥ[l]t l- ḏ y[ʿ]{w}[r]
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Translation
By Mġyr son of Ns¹ʾ son of Ġṯ son of S¹r son of Ṣbḥ and he grieved for his {companions} who were herding goats and {Ḫbl} {his} son and so O Lt may he be secure and [inflict] {dearth of pasture} on whomever {scratches out} [the inscription]
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: wgm for w(g)m; mʿzyn for mʿzy(n); mḥ[n]t "affliction" for mḥ[l]t "dearth of pasture".

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [Dussaud V] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Voyage archéologique au Ṣafâ et dans le Djebel ed-Drûz. Paris: Leroux, 1901.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Ḫirbat al-Hubayriyyah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1899
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0004118
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OCIANA. 'C 913.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/12760. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.